what does the region mean in the ps3?
are there any differences between all of them?
if there are differences what is the best region?
Last If i were to buy games that are region 2 and my ps3 is region 1 .would it work?
Basically, The world is split in to 6 Regions:
0 Informal terms meaning "worldwide".
1 Canada, United States; U.S. territories; Bermuda
2 Western and Central Europe; Western Asia; Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho; United Kingdom, Turkey, French overseas territories
3 Southeast Asia; South Korea; Taiwan; Hong Kong
4 Australia; New Zealand; Oceania; Central and South America; Caribbean; Mexico
5 Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Africa, Central and South Asia, Mongolia, North Korea.
6 China
(Source - Wikipedia)
I would guess its a way of Stopping Cheaper forgen imports?
Blu-rays are also region coded but it uses a different system.
they use:
A: East Asia (except Mainland China and Mongolia), Southeast Asia, the Americas and their dependencies.
B: Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe (except Russia), Oceania and their dependencies.
C: Central Asia, East Asia (Mainland China and Mongolia only), South Asia, central Eurasia and their dependencies.
are there any differences between all of them?
There is, As described earlier - The difference is that region is set according to the country.
if there are differences what is the best region?
The Best Region is The Region that your country is
UK>Region 2
US>Region 1
(so on and so fourth. - see list above)
although some times they release additional content in another country out side your region. in that case, you will need a DVD player of that region in order to play it (or ps3 of that region)
Last If i were to buy games that are region 2 and my ps3 is region 1 .would it work?
Unlike DVD's, The PS3 GAMES are NOT locked to a particular
region. However the PS1/2 games and DVD's ARE locked to the region printed on the back of the PS3 Box.
will need conformation of this part but if you use your ps3 on an Standard definition TV, then you will have to make sure that the region is the same as your ps3 and colour signals. This is because different countries use a different Signal system. the US uses NTSC but the UK uses PAL.
also If you go to Japan, they use NTSC but there region is 2. the uk is also region 2 but it uses PAL.
