# Will This DVD Play on My Machine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-dvd-play-on-my-machine/238429 "2004-04-05T20:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-dvd-play-on-my-machine/238429/1 "2004-04-05T20:36:53Z")
[This DVD I’d like to order](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/dvd/B00006L9WL/tech-info/ref=ed_tec_dp/026-8399340-3428401) is given a technical classification of region 0. [Amazon details here what regions 1-6 pertain to,](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3193231/102-5046376-8834532) but they don’t mention a region 0. The DVD is available only on Amazon’s UK site, but I’m still not sure if this means it will play on an American DVD player or not. ---
**Author:** ![Grit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@Grit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-dvd-play-on-my-machine/238429/2 "2004-04-05T20:55:24Z")
[Hope this helps.](http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/sections/dvd.htm) It appears that a region 0 DVD will play on any player. Grit ---
**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 5, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-dvd-play-on-my-machine/238429/3 "2004-04-05T20:55:54Z")
> [@Torgo](#): > > [This DVD I’d like to order](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/dvd/B00006L9WL/tech-info/ref=ed_tec_dp/026-8399340-3428401) is given a technical classification of region 0. [Amazon details here what regions 1-6 pertain to,](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3193231/102-5046376-8834532) but they don’t mention a region 0. The DVD is available only on Amazon’s UK site, but I’m still not sure if this means it will play on an American DVD player or not. As far as the region code goes, yes. If your DVD player does not have a PAL-to-NTSC converter or your TV cannot accept the PAL signal, then the answer is no.