If i buy a dvd in the uk can it be watched in australia?

[Janek]

That's it really, a friend is visiting from australia and i wanted to give her a dvd as a gift, but not if she can't watch it!!!

We are region 2, they are region 4 so unlikely.

But I think we are the same Blu-ray region if that's any help.

It will need to be Zone 4 compatible. The UK is Zone 2. It should be listed on the fine print, usually at the bottom of the back of the box. Sometimes they are compatible with more than one zone, and some universal, but mostly not.

I think it's possible to get around it, but I have no idea how to do it. Could you maybe check the internet for the DVD with the right zone?

Gah, i don't know what to do now. I was going to buy it online, i clearly can't. But thanks for the zone information!

Damn, it's region 2 so no joy. How annoying. Thanks for the info.

Loads of people in Australia have region free DVD players so they can by cheaper DVDs from the US. Ask her if it won't ruin the surprise.

buy* I'm not usually illiterate!

I think you would need to ask her - we used to have a multi-region DVD player that played DVDs form UK or Oz. Now that we're back in the UK with a UK-bought DVD player and dd can't play her australian DVDs (she uses my lap top instead).

You can unlock most DVD players anyway. It's easy enough to do - just entering a code in the model I have.