# Are Canadian and US DVDs identical in Content? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 6, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canadian-and-us-dvds-identical-in-content/166792 "2003-04-06T02:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canadian-and-us-dvds-identical-in-content/166792/1 "2003-04-06T02:40:39Z")
I realize that they’re compatable since they’re both region one, but are canadian DVDs sets likely to be identical in content as US ones? (differences in non-english language tracks aside) I’m curious because this set [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000089RT0/701-6608270-4083539](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000089RT0/701-6608270-4083539) from the Canadian Amazon site (which will ship to the US according to their FAQ) is offering the same DVD set as the US site for $40 less, given the exchange rate. Since neither the US or CA site has mentioned the DVD “extras” features yet, I don’t know for certain that they’d be identical, so I haven’t pre-ordered it yet; I suspect that they’re all manufactured in the same place and therefore identical, but I want to be sure. I’ve posted this on the X-files site too, since I know people there order from Canada, but haven’t got replies so far. Does anyone here from the US make it a practice to order DVDs from Canada (or vice versa), and have you found any noticable differences in the disks’ contents? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canadian-and-us-dvds-identical-in-content/166792/2 "2003-04-06T03:31:36Z")
There is sometimes a language track difference, in that a Canadian DVD may have a French track the US one doesn’t have. Other than that, I have never seen a difference in content; however, there have been some cases of differences in packaging. The _Princess Mononoke_ DVD, if I remember correctly, differed from the US edition and the International edition, which was the one released in Canada. Of course, I could be wrong, but as a general rule I would not expect a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canadian-and-us-dvds-identical-in-content/166792/3 "2003-04-06T04:06:07Z")
I’ve bought all the X-Files sets from another company in Canada for this very reason. The absolute cheapest I’ve found these sets in the US is around $110. There’s a similar thing happening with the Star Trek TNG & DS9 sets. I’ve been buying them from [amazon.uk](http://amazon.uk) because the European versions come in the hard shell packages. Depending upon the exchange rate, they cost about as much as the US versions (in their inferior cardboard cases). ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canadian-and-us-dvds-identical-in-content/166792/4 "2003-04-06T11:21:27Z")
Well, Canada/US is fine, as we’re both [region 1](http://www.laserrot.com/info/lrinfo/dvdmap.html). UK is region two, and I’ve yet to see a movie released as region 0 (which, really, they should all be). Is there some category of movies that are? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canadian-and-us-dvds-identical-in-content/166792/5 "2003-04-06T11:36:38Z")
Porn is Region 0. I once bought the Canadian version of **Harry Potter and the _Philosopher’s_ Stone** because the Australian version didn’t come in widescreen (though, very much later they finally put one out) and the US version was the “Sorceror’s Stone” which I didn’t want. So in that singular instance I can tell you a special Region 1 Canadian version was pressed.