Comment Actually, region codes only work in US (Score 2) 220
I live in Brazil, an I was considering buying a DVD player. Then, I just went to an electronics shop in the local mall. I was expecting to find a lot of area 5 DVD players. What I found:
There were about 10 different DVD players for sale, of different brands. 8 of them, came FROM THE FACTORY with no area code restriction (and that was not only brazilian brands, like gradiente, but also a lot of japonese brands, but all manufactured in Brazil). I guess it is that way everywhere outside US.
After that, I came to the conclusion that soon, all the DVDs in the world market will be coded to area 1, since the US is the only place that can't play every DVD.
There were about 10 different DVD players for sale, of different brands. 8 of them, came FROM THE FACTORY with no area code restriction (and that was not only brazilian brands, like gradiente, but also a lot of japonese brands, but all manufactured in Brazil). I guess it is that way everywhere outside US.
After that, I came to the conclusion that soon, all the DVDs in the world market will be coded to area 1, since the US is the only place that can't play every DVD.
