When cd/s are listed region 1 or 2 what does this mean

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When cd/s are listed region 1 or 2 what does this mean

Answer 1

I'll give you all codes

0 Informal term meaning "worldwide". Region 0 is not an official setting; discs that bear the region 0 symbol either have no flag set or have region 1–6 flags set.

1 sold in Canada, United States; U.S. territories; Bermuda

2 sold in Europe; Western Asia; Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland; British overseas territories, French overseas territories

3 Southeast Asia; South Korea; Non-mainland China ( Hong Kong)

4 Oceania; Central and South America; Caribbean; Mexico

5 Africa, Central and South Asia, Belarus, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine

6 Mainland China

Answer 2

CD's aren't Region coded.  Any CD bought anywhere in the world will play on any CD player anywhere in the world.

DVD's are Region coded, though.

Answer 3

Without getting too complicated region 1 is for USA (& others) and region 2 is for UK (& others) but I think you mean DVD's because when I was in the States I came home with a load of CD's at a fraction of the price here in the UK & they played fine.

I didn't buy any DVD's because of the Region code issue.

Answer 4

something to do with where in the world you can play them, its something like america use region 1 cd players so there cd's match them, where we use region 2 so our cd's match them. thats why you cant buy dvd's and cd's from america and play them here.

Answer 5

They're not ususally, that refers to DVDs, which are region coded by area - some home DVD players will only play discs with their local region code;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer...

Answer 6

Do you mean DVDs? If so, this page explains it: