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Posted by Michael J. Mahon on 08/28/06 06:16
Geoff wrote:
> Two questions:
>
> 1. When the entertainment industry decided to divide the world into
> regions, why would all the dvd hardware manufacturers go along with it? Why
> do some manufacturers not go along with it?
The intellectual property required to build a disc player is
licensed, and the terms of the license include region compliance.
(BTW, despite all the high talk about "better technology", the real
reason for the BluRay/HD-DVD fiasco is the $5 or so per player that
goes to the licensor(s).)
Put another way, "better" doesn't mean better for *you*. ;-)
> 2. Say a DVD is region 2, PAL. If someone had a dvd player that plays all
> regions on their computer connected to an lcd screen via dvi, does it matter
> if the dvd is pal or ntsc?
It depends on whether the player converts formats to the user's
chosen output format. Most do.
-michael
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