Is it required to fill in the region when listing dvds?

Question

New at listing dvds. Just noticed the field Region in the description area. Is this required and what does it mean?

disneyshopper · Answer

DVDs are divided into six numbered region codes (1 through 6),

Here's a breakdown of the DVD regions and their corresponding countries:

Region 1: U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda.

Region 2: Japan, Europe (except Belarus, Ukraine, Russia), Middle East, South Africa, and Greenland.

Region 3: Southeast Asia, East Asia (including Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines).

Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Region 5: Eastern Europe, Russia, India, most of Africa, and Mongolia.

Region 6: China.

Region 0 / ALL: These discs are uncoded and intended for worldwide playback.

How to identify a DVD's region:

You can find the region code on the packaging of the DVD, often superimposed on a small globe icon. If a disc is compatible with multiple regions, it will have more than one number on the globe icon.

jacbarcollectibles · Answer

Region may be a required specific or a recommended specific. The item specifics section is divided into three parts with the top section being required specifics. You will not be able to list the item if a required specific is not filled in.

With DVD's region means the areas that eh DVD player is designed to play the DVD. The world is divided into DVD regions and if a DVD is locked to a specific region then it will only play on DVD players that only allow that region. For example Region 1 is for North America and players produced in North America. Region 0 is open to play on any player around the world.