"The media conglomerates, wishing to exercise even more control over the global market for video software than they already have, have established the practice of "regional coding". " What other damages have these practices elicted besides inconveniencing those who have a single-region player? Or is this just a practice to defeat bootlegers and promote "windowed" release schedules ? > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Fore [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 10:22 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: DVD formats > > No, they won't (in theory). This > means that (in theory) DVDs purchased in Europe won't play in the U.S., > Japan, Brazil, etc. For more information, visit this Web site: > <http://www.laserrot.com/info/lrinfo/dvdmap.html>. > > That is, this is a technological gizmo introduced to further a corporate > economic policy agenda. And I keep saying "in theory" because, as with > copy-protected videotapes, there are other technologies available to > defeat > regional coding. Inquire at your friendly neighborhood electronics chop > shop. This fix generally voids the warranty of your player, but what's > life without a little risk? You can also purchase "all-region" (i.e., > already "modified") DVD players over the Web, at inflated prices. (Also, > as I recall, one of the "glitches" with Sony's new Playstation, is that it > defeats regional coding. I assume they'll "fix" that before it's released > beyond Japan.) > > However, as I indicated in another post on this topic a few weeks ago, DVD > hardware manufacturers are quietly selling fully-warranteed, all-region > players in some markets, including Hong Kong, where multiple video formats > are an established part of consumer culture. Is this going on anywhere > else in the world? > > Steve Fore > > At 04:39 PM 5/18/00 -0500, you wrote: > >I know that videotapes that are made in Europe are incompatible with > >our VCRs, but I was wondering whether European DVDs were OK. European > >CDs are just like ours, so does that mean that European DVDs will > >play on our machines? > > > >Thanks, > >Sandy Camargo > >Department of English > >University of Missouri > >Columbia MO 65211 > > > >---- > >Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > >University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > > > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite