DVD Regions question

[earthman]

I have been told that a "region 0" DVD actually has no region programmed, but do you need something special to play it???

 

[BlueWeasel]

Technically speaker there is no such thing as region zero. This is a designation used to indicate that a DVD was not encoded with a region flag. This way, it will pass the testing of any DVD player and, that is, you can play it in any region. Although your DVD player can read a disc from another region you still have to be concerned with the video format used to create the DVD. For example, Region 1 discs are made with NTSC while Region 2 and some region 4 use PAL. You will also need either a video format convert or a DVD player with a converter built in to make sure you can play discs from other regions.

From Here

 

[MercenaryForHire]

A player that hasn't been hardlocked to Region 1 DVDs.

Since Region 0 is used pretty much exclusively by bootleggers, many players are locking out multiregion discs.

- M4H