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 A/1: North America, Central America, South America, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.  Region B/2: Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.