will american dvds play in england?
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Most of the UK players should be region 2 DVD players and they can only play region 2 DVD discs. So if you want to play region 1 DVDs in the UK, the best way you can do is to get a region-free DVD player so that you can play any DVDs regardless of the region code on the DVDs.
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Yes you can buy a disk from the UK and play it on a PS4 from any other country. PS4 is not region locked, so it is only the software developers who may decide of their own choice if they want to lock their games. ... As a general rule DLC and Games should come from the same region.
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The main difference between North American systems and other countries is that other countries' TV systems can play either PAL or NTSC DVDs whereas many US and Canadian TVs are NTSC only. Most North American DVD players are NTSC Region 1 only players. ... The UK, Europe, Australia, etc use the 625 line 50Hz PAL system.
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yes the UK Wii will work in the US (we brought ours over last year) but US games will not work on a UK console.
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Most standard DVDs are MPEG-2 format discs. ... Our Home DVD player will play AC-3 or PCM audio CDS. Beyond the basic DVD formats, there are other formats that DVD players can support, including MPEG-1 (Video CDs, or VCDs), DivX, DVD+R or DVD-R, MOV, WMV, WMA, JPEG, the latest MPEG-4 (Also called H.
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No, a region 1 Xbox is like any other DVD player - it will not play DVDs from other regions: Each Xbox 360 console is manufactured for a specific DVD and game region, following international standards. The Xbox 360 console can only play discs that are sold in the same region as the console.
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Sony DVD players sold in the U.S.are coded to play Region 1 DVD discs. ... These are the DVD region codes: Region 1 - Canada, the United States and U.S. territories. Region 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East (including Egypt) and Greenland. Region 3 - Southeast Asia, and East Asia (including Hong Kong).
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While Blu-Ray discs are more commonly released as region-free or all-region, not all Blu-ray discs are region-free. Moreover, most DVDs remain region-locked. The problem is that a region-free DVD or Blu-Ray player costs a premium.
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DVDs sold for the German-language market are coded Region 2 (Blu-ray Region B). DVDs in the U.S. and Canada are Region 1 (Blu-ray Region A).
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The UK, Europe, Australia, etc use the 625 line 50Hz PAL system. ... For example, a basic European DVD player (PAL Region 2 only) will be able to play a Japanese disc (NTSC Region 2), but not a US (NTSC Region 1) disc. An American basic DVD player (NTSC Region 1) will not play any other Region's DVD irrespective of format.
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Foreign DVDs won't play on many UK DVD players because the player itself has been locked to region 2. Some region-locked players can be 'hacked' to make them region-free – this usually involves tapping a special code into the DVD remote.
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Blu-ray Disc media does have region codes, but unlike DVD players, the region codes for Blu-ray Disc media use letters instead of numbers to indicate a particular zone or region where the discs can be played.
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The UK, Europe, Australia, etc use the 625 line 50Hz PAL system. Japan, USA and Canada use the 525 line 60Hz NTSC system. ... For example, a basic European DVD player (PAL Region 2 only) will be able to play a Japanese disc (NTSC Region 2), but not a US (NTSC Region 1) disc.
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It is generally the content on a DVD that makes it region-specific, not the DVD itself. A blank DVD can be used in any DVD player compatible with DVD-R/-RW once content is recorded to it on a computer or stand-alone DVD recorder. Whether you can play them in any given region depends what you recorded on the discs.
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Once connected to a Hulu supported American server, you will be able to use Hulu in Ireland. Well, depending on what device you own.
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Most North American DVD players are NTSC Region 1 only players. Film on a DVD is stored in digital format, and is formatted for one of two TV standards (NTSC or PAL). ... For example, a basic European DVD player (PAL Region 2 only) will be able to play a Japanese disc (NTSC Region 2), but not a US (NTSC Region 1) disc.
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UK DVDs are typically encoded to the UK PAL encoding standard. US players used NTSC, though it's possible that some players support both. 2nd consideration is that DVDs are typically locked to a particular region - typically US players will only play Region 1 DVDs, while UK DVDs are typically Region 2.