How can I play a US DVD in Europe?
How to Play a Region 2 DVD
- Buy a region-free DVD player. You can find these for affordable prices on websites like Amazon.com.
- Buy a Region 2 DVD player. Amazon.com has a European website at amazon.co.uk.
- Change your computer DVD drive’s region coding.
- Make a copy of your disc.
Can DVDs be played in any country?
DVD movies released in one region may only play on DVD players manufactured for that same region. This is done because many studios and home video companies want to control how and when DVD titles are exported to other countries. However, some DVD movies are not region coded and will play on any player in any region.
Can US DVD players play region 2?
DVDs uses region code to protect the DVD copyright and restrict DVD to be played in one specific area. DVD in region 2 includes Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, French overseas territories, Greenland. US can only play region 1 DVD.
How do I change the region on my LG DVD player?
• If the above instruction doesn’t work for your model, try the following steps.
- Power on the LG DVD player without any disc inside.
- Press the PAUSE button and enter the code 314159.
- Enter the region you want to set up.
- Press Pause to exist.
- Turn off the DVD player and turn on again. •
Are DVD region locked?
Unfortunately DVDs do still have region locks on them and you cannot play a DVD from another region in your normal DVD player. However in recent years it has become considerably easier to buy a region free DVD player and they can now be found on Amazon for quite reasonable prices.
Can region 2 DVDs play in the US?
The DVD region decrypter will auto bypass the region code of your DVD and turn it into region-free. Thus, you can play the region 2 DVD in US or any other countries without region code limit.