[thunderbrick]

Simple question........if I buy DVDs at my local store and send it to a buddy in Germany as a gift, will he be able so view them properly?  I've heard all about "regions" for video equipment but I just don't get it.

Thanks!

'brick

[srb]

DVD Regions are used to control release and distribution.  If your friend has a Multi-Region DVD player he will be able to view it.  Although not sanctioned by DVD licensing agencies, Multi-Region players are available and some can be modified through menus, "secret" remote control code sequences or hardware modification.
 
"About 64 percent of DVD players in use in Europe are multiregion-capable, according to Understanding and Solutions, a Dunstable, England-based market analysis firm -- although that share seems to be shrinking as the European DVD market grows, said Bill Foster, a senior consultant with the firm."
 

 
Steve