Waht are the television release regions?

Question

Whenever I go to look up the dvd release for the next season of a show there are different dates for "region 1", "region 2", and "region3". I live in North Carolina, on the east coast, what region is that?

Answer 1

region 1, 2 or 3 is like the region of the dvd player

region 1 dvds could only play on region 1 dvd players

region 2 dvds can only play on region 2 dvd players

region 3 dvds can only play on region 3 dvd players

easier to understand if you space it out

Answer 2

umm...its not like that at all

region 1, 2 or 3 is like the region of the dvd player

so region 1 dvds could only play on region 1 dvd players

region 2 dvds can only play on region 2 dvd players

region 3 dvds can only play on region 3 dvd players

im pretty sure that's what it means  

Answer 3

Region Countries

0 No Region Coding

1 United States of America, Canada

2 Europe, including France, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa

3 Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo and Indonesia

4 Australia and New Zealand, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America

5 India, Africa, Russia and former USSR countries

6 Peoples Republic of China

7 Unused

8 Airlines/Cruise Ships

9 Expansion (often used as region free)