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2. DVD region code - Wikipedia

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   DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997. [1] It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region. This is achieved by way of region-locked DVD players, which will play back ...

3. DVD-Video - Wikipedia

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   A normal DVD player can only play region-coded discs designated for the player's own particular region. However, a code-free or region-free DVD player is capable of playing DVDs from any of the six regions around the world. The CSS license prohibits manufacturing of DVD players that are not set to a single region by default. While the same ...

4. DVD player - Wikipedia

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   DVD player. A Sony DVP-SR370 DVD player and USB support connection. A Philips DVD player with built-in four-directional control buttons. A DVD player is a device that plays DVDs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. Some DVD players will also play audio CDs.

5. Universal Media Disc - Wikipedia

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   Region coding DVD region coding has been applied to most UMD movies and music. However, all PSP games are region-free, unless, some require pay-to-continue. Region ALL: Worldwide (region free) Region 1: North America, Central America, Lithuania; Region 2: Europe (without Russia or Belarus), Japan, Middle East, South Africa, Greenland

6. Blu-ray - Wikipedia

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   Unlike DVD region codes, Blu-ray region codes are verified only by the player software, not by the optical drive's firmware. As of 2017 [update] the latest types of Blu-ray players, suitable for Ultra HD Blu-ray content, are not region-free, but Ultra HD Blu-ray disc manufacturers have not yet locked the discs to any region and they work worldwide.

7. DVD - Wikipedia

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   The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) [9] [10] is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind of digital data and has been widely used to store video programs (watched using DVD players ...