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| The Region Code system, a required part of the
current DVD standards, was designed to manage the demand and
sales of DVD titles in each region, protect the film industry
and thwart unauthorized duplication and illegal distribution
of DVD drives. Manufacturers of DVD discs and players are required
to specify the Region Code of their products. In other words,
discs manufactured in one region are meant to play only on the
players that were manufactured in the same region. However,
illegal code-free modification service is provided by
some retailers. |
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Major Regions
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The U.S., U.S. territories and
Canada |
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Europe, Japan, Greenland, Egypt,
the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa and Greenland |
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Korea, Taiwan and Southeast
Asia |
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Mexico, South America, Australia
and New Zealand |
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Russia, Eastern Europe, India
and Africa |
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China |
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Code-free |
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RPC2 (Region Protection Code 2) |
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DVD-ROM drives that meet the RPC2 standard
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changed up to five times. Once a drive has
reached the limit, it can't be changed again unless
the vendor or manufacturer resets it. The reset
is available up to 5 times. |
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