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DVD has revolutionized the field of home video, bringing widescreen films and special features to the mass market in a way that laserdisc never did, and using low prices to encourage purchase instead of rental.

This category is for sites related to DVD in general: the format, the technology, and other subjects not covered by any subcategories.

Sites that provide news, reviews, articles, and release schedules belong in the subcategory for the DVD region they cover. Specifically:

  • Region 1 - United States, U.S. territories, and Canada
  • Region 2 - Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, and Greenland
  • Region 3 - Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Hong Kong
  • Region 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean
  • Region 5 - Russia, Eastern Europe, India, most of Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
  • Region 6 - China

Sites that cover two or more regions belong in the Multi-Region subcategory. Currently, not all regions have subcategories, but they will be created when there are sites to populate them.

Shopping sites will NEVER be listed in this category. Please read below.

Before submitting to Arts: Movies: Home Video: DVD, please consider whether your site belongs in one of these categories instead:

Submitting to the wrong category can significantly delay listing your site.

Collections

Category listing for sites that offer tracking/cataloging for personal DVD collections, as well as personal homepages focusing on personal DVD collections.

Directories

Category listing for webpages offering DVD-related links.

Divx

There are two meanings of the word "Divx". The original was used to describe a proposed encrypted video format and rental scheme which required phone lines. This initiative died in 1999. This is the topic of this category only.

More recently, DivX (note capitalization) was the name used to describe a highly compressed video standard based on the MPEG-4 standard. It is unrelated to the old Divx rental scheme.

This category only accepts sites relating to the now-defunct Divx rental scheme

It is much more likely your site should be submitted to Computers: Multimedia: MPEG: DivX. Submit your DivX related site there for fastest consideration.

Multi-Region

This category is for sites providing content specific to more than one region, such as news, reviews, articles, and release schedules.
Shopping sites will NEVER be listed in this category. Please read below. Sites must be in English. Sites in other languages must be submitted to the appropriate World category.

Before submitting to Arts: Movies: Home Video: DVD: Multi-Region, please consider whether your site belongs in one of these categories instead:

Submitting to the wrong category can significantly delay listing your site.

Regional

This category is a collection of links to DVD categories in the Regional hierarchy. No sites are listed here.

Region 1

This category is for sites providing content specific to Region 1, such as news, reviews, articles, and release schedules. Region 1 includes the United States, U.S. territories, and Canada.
Shopping sites will NEVER be listed in this category. Please read below.

Before submitting to Arts: Movies: Home Video: DVD: Region 1, please consider whether your site belongs in one of these categories instead:

Submitting to the wrong category can significantly delay listing your site.

Region 2

This category is for sites providing content specific to Region 2, such as news, reviews, articles, and release schedules. Region 2 includes Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, and Greenland.
Shopping sites will NEVER be listed in this category. Please read below. Sites must be in English. Sites in other languages must be submitted to the appropriate World category.

Before submitting to Arts: Movies: Home Video: DVD: Region 2, please consider whether your site belongs in one of these categories instead:

Submitting to the wrong category can significantly delay listing your site.

Region 4

This category is for sites providing content specific to Region 4, such as news, reviews, articles, and release schedules. Region 4 includes Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Shopping sites will NEVER be listed in this category. Please read below. Sites must be in English. Sites in other languages must be submitted to the appropriate World category.

Before submitting to Arts: Movies: Home Video: DVD: Region 4, please consider whether your site belongs in one of these categories instead:

Submitting to the wrong category can significantly delay listing your site.

Reviews

This category is for sites primarily offering DVD reviews. A DVD review covers the movie itself, as well as things like transfer quality and special features. Review sites that do not comment on any DVD-specific aspects belong in Arts: Movies: Reviews.
Reviews for individual DVD titles are not accepted here and should instead be submitted to the appropriate subcategory of Arts/Movies/Titles.

If your site offers more than DVD reviews, please submit to the parent category instead.

Studios

This category is for sites of or about companies that produce DVDs. The primary content of the sites should be information about the DVDs released by the company, not about business services it may provide. The latter may be present, but should not be the focus of the site.
Before submitting, please consider whether your site belongs in one of these categories instead:
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