Posted by Mike Berger on 12/19/05 16:41

Places that sell DVD's might find that their suppliers will no longer
deal with them if they sell multi-region DVD players. However, it is
trivial to convert some readily available off-the-shelf models.


> "steve" <steve@steve.com> wrote:
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>>DVD Players:
>>
>>1. Regions: Region codes are usually nothing more than a numerical flag
>>(there can be more to it), and all DVD players can read the content. But
>>the players are instructed to honor only 1 region. Why arent more DVD
>>players available that play all regions? I had to buy mine on line, because
>>the local shops dont carry any all region players. And it looks as if I
>>paid the premium for someone to modify or simply re-program a Player that is
>>otherwise region restricted. My computer DVD drive reads and plays all
>>region DVDs, BTW, with no special prodding. Are DVD players govt regulated
>>in this regard?

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