Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:57:51 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: region code in cdrecord Message-ID: <426BDE1F.3020004@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <86r7h08464.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <426AC21B.2080205@chuckr.org> <426AE866.7050008@chuckr.org> <86wtqs9yiw.fsf@xps.des.no> <426BD1F6.7050201@freebsd.org> <86r7h08464.fsf@xps.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: >Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> writes: > > >>With cheap DVD players down to about $50, just buy another >>player and set it to Region 2. >> >> > >Uhm, why would you rather have two players locked to different regions >than a single unlocked player? > > I wouldn't "rather", but I think it might be simpler. I also seem to recall hearing about discs whose region-coding was done in such a way that they would not play on unlocked players. Mostly, it just occurred to me that falling DVD player prices make the whole "region code" concept rather silly. (Movie-industry paranoia backfires again? ;-) Tim
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