I've heard that European DVD players use a different code, so if a DVD made for the USA were to be inserted into their players, it would not read it right? Now what about audio CDs? Is the same protocol used everywhere? If I made my own audio CD and sent it to someone in Europe, would they be able to play it? Thanks.

 

A CD is fine. The Red Book audio standard is used globally.

Video equipment has its differences because televisions were invented before the computer-age concept of global standards was embraced. The frame rate, number of lines per image, and vertical frequency can vary by region.

However, since audio has no such difficulties, there are no issues using CD's globally.

 

Thanks octanegirl.

 

no room to put that stuff in a CD.

 

There are two issues with DVD oversea.

One is the regional codes (Asia, N America, Europe, Ect.) on the DVD. I think there are 7 of them. The movie industry created this to minimize counterfeit since movies are often release at different times for different regions.

The second issue is the video standards maybe different, even within the same region. US has NTSC. Europe has mostly PAL and some SECAM.