Australia is DVD-region
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DVD-Region codes and countries
Region code
Area
FREE
Informal term meaning "worldwide". Region 0 is not an official setting; discs that bear the region 0 symbol either have no flag set or have regions 1-6 flags set. Region 0 is commonly referred to as "Region Free", especially when talking about DVD and
Blu-ray Disc players.
0
1
United States,
Canada,
Bermuda,
Caribbean,
U.S. territories
2
Europe,
Middle East,
Japan,
South Africa,
Swaziland,
Lesotho,
Greenland,
British Overseas Territories,
British Crown Dependencies,
French Overseas departments and territories
3
Southeast Asia,
South Korea,
Taiwan,
Hong Kong,
Macau
4
South America,
Central America,
Mexico,
New Zealand,
Australia,
Papua New Guinea and much of
Oceania
5
Bangladesh,
India,
Nepal,
Afghanistan,
Sri Lanka,
Ukraine,
Belarus,
Russia,
Kazakhstan,
Pakistan,
Africa (except
Egypt,
South Africa,
Swaziland,
Lesotho),
Central Asia,
Mongolia,
North Korea
6
China
7
Reserved for future use,
MPAA-related DVDs and "media copies" of pre-releases in
Asia
8
International venues such as
aircraft,
cruise ships,
spacecraft, etc.
9
These region discs have all eight flags set, allowing the disc to be played in any location, on any player.
DVD region code
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