DVDs and their regions (???)
 

Greetings DVD Peers,

Hello everyone! I have a question for the more knowledgable concerning the region of a DVD.

I'm an avid DVD shopper when it comes to anything Anime. I've been noticing (in recent ventures on Half.com) that many are asking "Is this DVD a Region 1?". Obviously this must carry some measure of importance so I'm wondering what is the significance.

Hypothesizing, I'd wager that Region 1 equates to those DVD release in these United States. Translating a Region 1 significance to whether or not the Anime has an English track or not. But that's just my guess and before I make the commitment to purchase one of these bad boys, I'd like to know for sure.

Thank you in advance for any and all help with my querry.

- Joel Figueroa

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=202208

R1 is the US. DVDs from other regions (other than R0 - so-called 'region-free' - discs) will not play on unmodified US players. The US discs may or may not contain an English dubs.

(Region coding is ignored everywhere else)