Posted by Sean Black on 10/11/05 12:21

In article <1129029040.197813.290840@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
simon.kempster@talk21.com writes
>The only reason that region coding exists in the first place is because
>of the movie studios insistence on it. Who would bother going to the
>cinema to see a film when you could already buy it on DVD? Staggered
>release dates mean they don't have to print so many copies of a film,
>and they can get the stars to various places to promote the film before
>it comes out. I can't see that changing - remember, the studios have
>their own interests at heart, not ours.
>
Has it actually affected anyone that actually cares enough though? By
that I mean most people that know about films that have been released
elsewhere months before are likely to be clued up on the region coding
issues and have multi-region players.

Most ordinary punters are quite happily ignorant of region coding and
will just go and see whatever is out at the time and happily be
ripped-off when it comes to buying the DVD whenever it comes out, even
if it's a poorer version than available elsewhere and probably more
expensive.

Much the same as they buy CDs, computer games etc... form the likes of
HMV when they could get them so much cheaper online.
--
Sean Black

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