Posted by Bill Vermillion on 06/19/06 20:55

In article <DrJamesSidbury-BE0BE7.10354529052006@individual.net>,
Dick Sidbury <DrJamesSidbury@hotmail.com> wrote:
>In article <tZxeg.13037$S7.767@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> "Netmask" <netmask56NOFLEAS@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Many of my friends now have 3 or even 4 external DVD player/burners
>> dedicated to a particular region with USA, Europe, South America labels on
>> each . At around $50 each unit and with one $15 IDE to USB adapter it's a
>> simple matter to plug/unplug. The whole arrangement of region coding is just
>> stupid as so many people travel across continents and around the world -
>> damned if I'm going to keep a dedicated collection of DVD's in my London
>> office and another in Melbourne..
>
>Actually from my point of view (being in the US), I believe that region
>coding is good. DVDs seem to come out much quicker after the theatrical
>release of a movie than they did in the VHS days. I believe that at
>least part of the reason is region coding.
>
>dick

Region coding was implemented to stop people from importing from
other countries. That was rampant in the days of the LP and the
CD, and the license owners, and licensees in other countries got
upset with that, so when the DVDs came out they implemented
region coding.

But since 'the world is flat' in this day of electonics, and so
many compnaies are gobbling up others, I would hope that someday
this foolishness would end.

Bill

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