A great deal of the DVD players in the market have the notorious area protection, including DVD-ROM units and DVD recorders. This protection prevents a DVD recorded for an area to be played in a DVD player that is bound to another area. There are six possible areas: 1, USA and Canada; 2, Europe, Japan and South Africa; 3, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo and Indonesia; 4, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America; 5, India, Africa, Russia and the nations of the former Soviet Union; and 6, China.
Thus, a disk made for area 1 doesn't play in DVD players configured to play only area 4 disks. There are also disks and players programmed as area "0", which permits their reproduction in any DVD player or of type of disk.
In case of DVD-ROM units and DVD recorders, they are sold without a factory-programmed area.
When you use them for the first time, the area programming is done based on the disk you inserted (for instance, if you inserted an area 4 disk, the unit will be programmed as area 4). It is possible to change the unit area four to six times, depending on the model.
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