For anti-piracy reasons, the major movie studios divided the earth into zones (“regions”) which correspond to their distribution system. Most DVD producers encode their discs to work only on players in certain regions. The region code of your DVD and DVD player must match, otherwise your DVD will not play.

• Region 0: No region coding. Plays in all regions.
• Regions 1-8 disc: Plays in all regions.
• Region 1: U.S.A. and its territories, Canada.
• Region 2: Europe (including including France, Greece), Middle East (including Turkey, Egypt, Arabia), Japan, South Africa.
• Region 3: South-East Asia, East Asia (including Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo and Indonesia).
• Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, Caribbean.
• Region 5: Russia, Former USSR countries, India, Indian Subcontinent, Africa (also North Korea, Mongolia).
• Region 6: Peoples Republic of China.
• Region 7: Unused.
• Region 8: Airlines/Cruise Ships

See our list of Christian DVDs.

“VCD” stands for Video Compact Disc. A VCD disc looks physically identical to a DVD or audio CD disc. There are no region restrictions with VCDs as there are with DVDs (see above). Their storage space is less than a DVD and the same as a computer CD. Picture and sound quality is better than VHS, but not as high as DVD (although the difference is generally insignificant on normal television sets). VCDs play on most DVD players, on all VCD players, and on all computers equipped with a CD-ROM or DVD player. VCDs are popular throughout the world, particularly in Asia where they outsell DVDs.

God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity is sold on VCD.

If you are going to use a video projector to show a movie on a large screen, DVD is preferred due to the difference in picture resolution.