<P> This is achieved by way of region - locked DVD players, which will play back only DVDs encoded to their region (plus those without any region code). The American DVD Copy Control Association also requires that DVD player manufacturers incorporate the regional - playback control (RPC) system . However, region - free DVD players, which ignore region coding, are also commercially available, and many DVD players can be modified to be region - free, allowing playback of all discs . </P> <P> DVDs may use one code, a combination of codes (multi-region), every code (all region) or no codes (region free). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Region code </Th> <Th> Area </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Discs that bear the region 0, have only regions 1--6 flags . The formats of NTSC and PAL can be a factor in this . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 0 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Canada, United States including its territories, Mexico, and Bermuda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Europe (and per 2020 also incl . Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan), Egypt, West Asia, Japan, South Africa, Greenland, and French Guiana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Southeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Latin America (Mexico, Belize, Central America, South America (except French Guiana)) and Oceania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> Africa (except Egypt and South Africa), Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia, and North Korea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> People's Republic of China (except Hong Kong and Macau) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> Reserved for future use, MPAA - related DVDs and "media copies" of pre-releases in Asia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> International venues such as aircraft, cruise ships, spacecraft, etc . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> These region discs have all 1 - 8 flags set, allowing the disc to be played in any location, on any player . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ALL </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Region code </Th> <Th> Area </Th> </Tr>

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