if i buy a dvd from japan online will it work in america?
i want to buy a concert dvd on ebay but im concerned it wont work on my laptop/dvd player/etc. thanks or your help!
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Answer 1 :
Unless you have a region free dvd player then there is a good chance that it won't play as Japan is Region 2 and USA is region 1. http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/dvd3.htm
Answer 2 :
DVDs are region encoded, which means that they can only be played in DVD players from that region. Japan is region 2 and the US is region 1, so usually you can't play movies from Japan in US DVD players. There are a few ways around this though. Some DVD players can have the region encoding hacked so that it can play all regions (search on the web to see if yours can be). Also, certain computer DVD drives allow you to switch the encoding a certain number of times. The switch is usually automatic whenever you put a different region-encoded disc in the drive. For example, if I have a region 1 drive and I put in a region 2 disc, it will switch it to region 2. But most drives only allow you to do this a couple of times, then it says on the one you ended with. I have an external DVD drive (HP) that I switched to region 2 and I just use that to watch Japanese DVDs, while using my internal DVD drive for American movies. You may also want to check with the seller, as some eBay DVDs are pirated and therefore have no region encoding
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