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Video/DVD format in Oz?

  • 21-03-2004 8:22pm
    #1
    Neil_Sedaka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭


    I need to send a vhs tape and a dvd to someone in Oz, does anyone know the format and region for these?

    Thanks for any help.


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  • #2
    tea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭tea


    Originally posted by Neil_Sedaka
    I need to send a vhs tape and a dvd to someone in Oz, does anyone know the format and region for these?

    DVDs and VHS are both PAL (same as Ireland). DVDs are region 4

    Hope that helps.


  • #3
    Neil_Sedaka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭Neil_Sedaka


    Cheers tea, many thanks:)


  • #4
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    DVD wise Australia are a seperate region from Europe (region 2) and North America (Region 1). I think it's region 5. If the dvd is region encoded to a different region from australia and your oz friend doesn't have a region free dvd then it won't work.

    As for VHS, I think it's the same as us. VHSs outdate anti-consumer region locking, so the main reason an american video won't play correctly on our video machines is because their TV (and hence videos) use a different frequence to ours. The reason I think Australia is the same as us is because Nintendo GameCube games baught in Australia will work on European GameCubes, whereas Japanese or American games need a Freeloader. I remeber hearing about this when a cult game only came out in Australia. I'm not sure about the video though..


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