BC and AD are abbreviations for before Christ and Anno Domino mean before the Christ's birth after the Christ's birth
Standard DVDs. 1  Region 1: U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda. 2  Region 2: Japan, Europe (excluding Russia, Belarus and Ukraine), Greenland, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Egypt and the Middle East. 3  Region 3: Southeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Our Region Free DVD Players will play DVD discs from anywhere in the world including Regions 0 through 8, guaranteed. They are compatible with Pal, NTSC, and Secam DVD discs. Most models will also convert to Pal/NTSC/Secam output so you can play foreign movies on any TV without using an external video converter.