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Originally Posted by Heavenly
In Europe, well in France actually, Blu-Ray players are still very pricey... just because almost every of them can play DVD (of course) and can burn DVD too.
And Blu-Rays ARE region-coded... Unfortunately, JPN Blu-Rays and European Blu-Rays don't have the same region code, whereas DVDs are coded in region 2 in both countries.
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Well, Japanese Blu-ray Discs can actually be played in the Western Hemisphere, which includes the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil (not Greenland, but why there? Who cares!), as well as Taiwan and Southeast Asia (including Indonesia, but not the PRC - China!), so if you live in America, it is safe to buy Japanese Blu-ray Discs for use in America (through CDJapan or whatsoever).
Japan, Southeast Asia and Western Hemisphere (the Americas) utilize region A/1, while Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and Greenland utilize region B/2, and China, India, Russia and the rest of the Asian countries utilize region C/3.