What does Region Free mean?

The term “region free” refers either to a DVD which can be played anywhere in the world, on any player, or to a DVD player which is capable of handling discs from anywhere. This term is also used to describe game consoles and games in some areas of the world. Consumers may opt to purchase region free products so that they have more access to products they are interested in, and some manufacturers choose to produce region free goods to appeal to more consumers. Various parts of the world are broken up into “regions” divided by numerical codes. The idea of separating the world into regions is that manufacturers can produce products which will only work in a particular part of the world. This is theoretically done to protect copyrights and embargoes, as for example when a movie which has no distribution rights in the United States is released on discs which play in the European region only. However, the regions also allow manufacturers to charge differing prices to consumers, taking advan ... more

Some DVD's are in other Regions. USA DVD players has their own regions and so does Japan. A movie, like Paradise is only in Region 2, which is Japan's Region code. The DVD will not be able to play in US DVD players. However, the one thats being provided is a Region Free disc. That means, it can be played with any DVD player regardless of region. Quality is still the same as the original. Nothing has been cut, and nothing has been added. The only difference is that this is now a region free disc, which can be played by any dvd player all over the country. ... more

all countries or have a code burnt it odvd that are sold there to prevent pirating any dvd sold in that country can only play dvd from that country im in australia (region 4) and i cant play usa dvds (region 1) ... more

Region free usually means can be used anywhere, like a region free DVD player can play DVDs from America, the UK, Australia etc. ... more

If a disc is region free that means that it will play on any blu-ray player worldwide regardless of were it was released. All of my discs are U.S. releases (Region A), but the region free discs will play any where. To determine what region you are look below. ... more