Posted by Justin on 05/30/06 01:52

SoHillsGuy wrote on [29 May 2006 18:44:18 -0700]:
>
> Justin wrote:
>> SoHillsGuy wrote on [29 May 2006 12:43:47 -0700]:
>> >
>> > Justin wrote:
>> >> VHS had its own region coding built in for the longest time, with only
>> >> North America and Japan being in the same region. Maybe a few smaller
>> >> markets.
>> >
>> >
>> > There's no "region coding" in VHS, at least in the same created
>> > differences on DVDs. The differences in VHS had everything to do with
>> > broadcasted picture lines. Differences in country standards created
>> > incompatible tapes. The difference in DVDs is created purely to
>> > control the market.
>>
>> Well duh. What do you think I was talking about?
>
> You say it had "region coding." It didn't. It wasn't something "built
> in," as though on purpose. It was just different. Having
> non-compatible broadcast standards is clearly not the same as
> intentionally making things different to control a market. The same
> result, yes. But not the same reasoning behind it, as you seemed to
> imply. If you meant otherwise, then I'm sorry but you used the wrong
> terminology.

Whether it was intentional or not, it restricted product to certain
regions.

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