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Re: [SLE] DVD Playback - Region Encoding
- From: Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:00:08 -0800
- Message-id: <1143306009.5297.10.camel@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 10:13 -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Sunday 19 March 2006 09:48, James Knott wrote:
> > It would be nice if that regional coding had an expiry date. For
> > example a DVD could be played anywhere 2 years after release. This
> > would accomodate such market protection, while allowing full use of
> > purchased DVDs. As it stands now, what happens when someone buys
> > several DVDs and moves to a different area? If they move from Europe to
> > North America, they'll likely have to buy a new player and won't be able
> > to play their movies.
>
> Most players will allow you to change the region code.... up to 5 times.
>
Why so limited?
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> On Sunday 19 March 2006 09:48, James Knott wrote:
> > It would be nice if that regional coding had an expiry date. For
> > example a DVD could be played anywhere 2 years after release. This
> > would accomodate such market protection, while allowing full use of
> > purchased DVDs. As it stands now, what happens when someone buys
> > several DVDs and moves to a different area? If they move from Europe to
> > North America, they'll likely have to buy a new player and won't be able
> > to play their movies.
>
> Most players will allow you to change the region code.... up to 5 times.
>
Why so limited?
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