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.
1 Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.  Region 5: Afghanistan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Africa (except Egypt, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho), Central and South Asia, Mongolia and North Korea.