Do british DVDs and cds work on American DVD players and CD players?

Answer 1

No. They have different TV formats. The US use NTSC and our TV's are PAL.

The only way to get around this is to either copy the DVD to your computer and re-burn it in NTSC format; or make sure that the DVD player is Multi-region.

Answer 2

Audio CDs are not an issue, as they do not have region encoding. Commercial DVDs are often region-locked. DVDs from different regions cannot be played on a DVD player from outside their region. Most DVD players have the ability Tobe unlocked, allowing them to play DVDs from all regions.

Answer 3

Generally you can't use a DVD from one region in a player from another. In this case, Europe and North America are different regions and most players are programmed to not play any disc from another region. The restriction is purely a commercial one, designed to prevent discs being exported to other markets.

There are a few discs that do not have region codes and there are also a handful of players that do not read the codes. However, the effort and cost of finding region free equipment normally far outweighs any benefit of playing any disc.

Answer 4

No they can't. Most commercial discs have a region code and players will check the region before playing. If the region code is not the same as the player, it simply won't play. This is a commercial restriction rather than technical and is implemented to prevent discs being traded outside their own region.

Answer 5

Unlikely unless you have a multi region player or the DVD is region free.

The US is region 1 whilst the UK is region 2.

If you have a standard US DVD player then it is unlikely to play on your player.

(It is possible to buy multi region players)

Answer 6

A Canadian DVD (region 1) should not work on a European DVD player (region 2).

There are six DVD region codes. A DVD from region 1 (which is for the US and Canada) will not play in a player from region 2 (Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East).

Answer 7

This rather depends on where your DVD player came from. DVDs. Bluray discs and most disc based games have a region code embedded into the disc. Almost all disc players read the region code and will only play the disc if the region code for the player and the disc coincide. Region 1 disc (North American) will normally not play in a player made for region 2 (Europe).

The region coding also include sub region codes to identify individual countries and on rare occasions, the same restriction can be placed on sub region codes as well.

The region codes are only used for commercial discs. Home grown DVD content will not normally have the code embedded so they should cross borders without too much of a problem. Do be aware that Europe and North America use different video standards and although many players and televisions are multi-standard, not all of them are so you need to check that North American players can play European standards.

Answer 8

Most DVD players are multi region now so yes, unless your DVD player isn't multi region.

Answer 9

Yes.