Playing DVDs in Australia

Coz21 · 12-04-2007, 22:42

I know that you can't play bought DVDs in Australia from the UK because of the different regions, but can you play DVDs that you have recorded yourself, like camcorder footage on a DVD-R disc? And do they get wiped when going through the scanner in customs?

meltcity · 12-04-2007, 23:10

Actually a large number of UK commercial DVD releases are dual-coded regions 2 and 4 and will therefore play on Oz machines without a region hack.

Camcorder footage should work fine on any Oz player and TV.

The chances of a DVD being wiped by airport scanners are infinitesimally small. Metal detectors produce magnetic fields that may influence magnetic supports like floppy disks and some people believe that X-Ray machines work in the same way. They don't. If floppy disks are at risk they conjecture that CD and DVDs must be too. This is simply not the case.

Coz21 · 13-04-2007, 00:32

Thanks for that.

12-04-2007, 22:42	#1
Coz21 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,852	Playing DVDs in Australia I know that you can't play bought DVDs in Australia from the UK because of the different regions, but can you play DVDs that you have recorded yourself, like camcorder footage on a DVD-R disc? And do they get wiped when going through the scanner in customs?

12-04-2007, 23:10	#2
meltcity Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,770	Actually a large number of UK commercial DVD releases are dual-coded regions 2 and 4 and will therefore play on Oz machines without a region hack. Camcorder footage should work fine on any Oz player and TV. The chances of a DVD being wiped by airport scanners are infinitesimally small. Metal detectors produce magnetic fields that may influence magnetic supports like floppy disks and some people believe that X-Ray machines work in the same way. They don't. If floppy disks are at risk they conjecture that CD and DVDs must be too. This is simply not the case. Last edited by meltcity : 12-04-2007 at 23:16.

13-04-2007, 00:32	#3
Coz21 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,852	Thanks for that.

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