Re: DVD Source Material 1950s
It's very unusual for DVDs to be standards converted for particular markets nowadays.
The region code just means that the DVD will only play in a player with the same region code, so a region 2 player will refuse to play a region 1 disc. This is quite separate from the data encoding on the disc. Nowadays the majority of DVD players either ignore the region code or can be configured to do so, so it's all a bit of a waste of time and effort. The system was introduced to allow Hollywood studios to control the release dates and pricing of movies in different markets, and to discourage grey imports.
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