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Re: [SLE] DVD Playback - Region Encoding
- From: Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:08:12 -0500
- Message-id: <20060319130812.GP9453@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Kevanf1 <kevanf1@xxxxxxxxx> [03-19-06 07:11]:
> The cynic in me says that this has been done as a way to stop people
> [in Europe] getting cheap hardware from the US. A similar thing as
> the DVD region coding.
Close, but no cigar. It is to force you to buy more media. It's all
about money and greed.
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Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
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> The cynic in me says that this has been done as a way to stop people
> [in Europe] getting cheap hardware from the US. A similar thing as
> the DVD region coding.
Close, but no cigar. It is to force you to buy more media. It's all
about money and greed.
--
Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org
HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
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