Frequently Asked Questions

Topic: Movies

• What does the country code mean for films?

  DVDs and Blu-rays can be assigned a country code to allow playback only in certain regions. To play them, you need a code-free player or a player from the respective region.

  DVD country codes
  0 - These DVDs can be played everywhere
  1 - USA, Canada and US territories
  2 - Western and Central Europe, Greenland, South Africa, Egypt and Middle East, Japan
  3 - South East Asia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan
  4 - Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Central America, South America
  5 - Eastern Europe, and other countries of the former USSR, India, Africa
  6 - People’s Republic of China

  Blu-ray country codes
  A - North and South America (except French overseas territories), Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
  B - Europe (including Greenland and French overseas territories, excluding the European part of Russia), Middle East, Africa, Oceania, Australia
  C - India, Nepal, China, Russia, Central and South Asia

  4K UltraHDs no longer have a country code and can therefore be played worldwide without any restrictions