# Question for people in the Philippines (re: DVDs)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-in-the-philippines-re-dvds/272199>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-in-the-philippines-re-dvds/272199 "2004-10-31T22:07:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-in-the-philippines-re-dvds/272199/1 "2004-10-31T22:07:09Z")

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Someone told me that all Filipino-made movies are on Region-0/Region-All DVDs and non-Filipino movies are in regular Region-3.

Because of this I recently bought a Filipino DVD on eBay that is Region-All so it plays on my Region 1 player. It looks authentic, the inserts don’t look fishy, the DVD plays great too.

But now someone tells me that Philippine DVDs are Region-3 or they’re pirated.

Can someone please clear this up for me?

[For some reason I felt that this was a little weird for General Questions.]

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-in-the-philippines-re-dvds/272199/2 "2004-11-01T07:35:46Z")

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> _Originally posted by **Vision of Love** _
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> [For some reason I felt that this was a little weird for General Questions.]

Nah . . . this is just fine for [**General Questions**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=3). I’ll move it for you.

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB

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**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-in-the-philippines-re-dvds/272199/3 "2004-11-01T13:17:25Z")

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I don’t have a GQ answer to this… more like FWIW:

I have reason to believe my local DVD rental guy stocks predominantly pirated films. Although his DVDs are all printed Region 1, they play on pretty much any player I can throw at 'em. They also _all_ have the most pathetic english sub-title jobs I’ve ever seen. And in some notable cases, he’s got DVD prints of movies which haven’t been released on DVD as yet (F/911 is a recent example). The DVD cases all seem alright though.

What has this got to do with the Phillipines? Well, he/his family has substantial business interests there, with much of his family having settled there several years ago. Tenuous connection, I know, but it does seem rather fishy.

Officially the Phillipines is Region 3, and India is Region 5. Damned if I’ve ever even seen a Regino 5 DVD in his shop!

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**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-in-the-philippines-re-dvds/272199/4 "2004-11-01T21:58:27Z")

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I recently bought a Region-ALL Korean DVD from an eBay seller that claims he doesn’t sell bootlegs, but my disc skips. Not in any particular spot, but I see skips every now and then.

The Filipino DVD on the other hand, is perfect.

**Here’s another question:** Are all-region DVD players legal?