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| Registered: July 16, 2010 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 526 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was changing a few details relating to a DVD to contribute these and noticed that a previous contributor had used DVD Decrypter to verify the DVD's Regions as 2 and 4. I've tried it myself and it's correct. However, the cover only says its Region 2. Is there an easy way to confirm the Regions for a DVD? Is it common for the cover to hide something like this or is DVD Decrypter prone to make mistakes? Thanks. | | | | Do you ever find yourself striving for perfection with an almost worthless attempt at it? Guttermouth "Lemon Water". Also, I include in my Profiler database VHS tapes, audio DVDs, audio books (digital, cassette and CD), video games (digital, DVD and CD) and 'enhanced' CDs with video tracks on them, as well as films and TV I've bought digitally. So I'm an anarchist, deal with it. Just be thankful I don't include most of my records and CDs etc in it too; don't think I haven't been tempted... |
| | Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've often found the cover to be incorrect, generally only stating the region code for the country the DVD is being sold in. Although I don't have players for all regions, I do have UK & US players and on contributions that cover those I always test them when different to the cover and have always found the changes to be correct. I'd imagine that the various software region checkers will also work assuming no firmware update to remove the region check. |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've found regions 2 and 4 to be a very common combination. As they're both PAL and english-speaking regions the companies can sell the same disc in both territories in different packaging. As Formerly says, they tend only to print the region that's relevant for the country of sale.
I've never had a problem with it, but if you want to confirm DVD Decrypter then I believe IFOEdit and Nero InfoTool will also report the regions found on a disc. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | DVD Covers are often wrong or incomplete. The cover may list only a subset of available subtitles. This can be verified either by going through the menus, or DVD Decrypter. Same deal with audio tracks, and aspect ratio's. Some media companies really don't care about accuracy  | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| | Registered: July 16, 2010 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 526 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hello. Thanks for the comments. I feel a lot more confident now that what the box says may only be half the story! I think I will look to stick to what DVD Decrypter tells me, rather than just go with what the media company says. Cheers. | | | | Do you ever find yourself striving for perfection with an almost worthless attempt at it? Guttermouth "Lemon Water". Also, I include in my Profiler database VHS tapes, audio DVDs, audio books (digital, cassette and CD), video games (digital, DVD and CD) and 'enhanced' CDs with video tracks on them, as well as films and TV I've bought digitally. So I'm an anarchist, deal with it. Just be thankful I don't include most of my records and CDs etc in it too; don't think I haven't been tempted... |
| | Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | You're quite right. What's on the cover is wrong all too often. Personally I use DVDInfoPro to verify. | | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
| | Registered: April 3, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,998 |
| | | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
| | Registered: December 2, 2008 |  Posts: 77 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yep. I use DVD Decrypter. I have many DVD's that the cover says region 1, but often are Region 0 (or all regions, whatever you prefer to call it) |
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