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Figure 4.6
Map of DVD regions.
TABLE 4.9
DVD Regions
1. North America
2. Japan and Europe
3. Southeast Asia
4. Australia, New Zealand, and Central/South America
5. Northwest Asia and North Africa
6. China
7. Unassigned
8. Special venues
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1 Canada, United States, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands, and some islands in
the Pacific
2 Japan, western Europe (including Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Balkans), South
Africa, Turkey, and the Middle East (including Iran and Egypt)
3 Southeast Asia (including Indonesia, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Macau)
4 Australia, New Zealand, South America, most of Central America, western New
Guinea, and most of the South Pacific
5 Most of Africa, Russia (and former Russian states), Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and North Korea
6 China and Tibet
7 Reserved
8 Special nontheatrical venues (airplanes, cruise ships, hotels)