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This system has been licensed to TV and VCR manufacturers in about 40 countries, but is known under different names. It is known as VCR Plus+ in the USA and Canada, G-Code in Japan, China, New Zealand and Australia, VideoPlus+ in Ireland and the UK and ShowView in the rest of Europe and also in South Africa. The system is called VideoPlus+/ShowView in Europe because Philips has a trademark registration for "VCR", and as G-Code ('G' for Gemstar) in Japan because VCR is not a common abbreviation there ('VTR' is used instead). However, because TV programs' schedules are different, the coding has to be adjusted in each of the regions and recording equipment is not interchangeable.
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