Topic summary
Region 1 DVD
Extracted from the Wikipedia article DVD region code.
North America
The Washington Post highlighted how DVD region-coding was a major inconvenience for travelers who have the desire to legally purchase DVDs worldwide and return with them to their countries of origin, students of foreign languages, immigrants who want to watch films from their country of origin, and foreign film fans. Another criticism is that region-coding allows for local censorship, such as the Region 1 DVD of the 1999 drama filmEyes Wide Shut which contains the digital manipulations needed for the film to secure an MPAA R-rating, while these manipulations are not evident in discs that are not in region 1.