Question:
The End? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2197548.stm)
Let`s hope not.
Why?
Region encoding is pointless.. Especially when you have multi-region DVD..
The only people who lose out will be the Modding DVD player companies (but they will just sell standard DVD players then)
No more stupid 5 changes on PC-DVD (but then hacks fix that)
Bottom line - Region Free or Chipped DVD Player it's little to late..
This is about the 5th time this badly written article has been highlighted. If you actually read it, you'll see there's no evidence to back up the writer's claim...
i dont think there will end Region coding
we do now you can get round it by hacking or chipping a dvd player
it all down to profit, why will their give us film on region 1 that has not comeout in the cinema here ,we will have to import the film from a region 1 supplier for about 13 - 15 pounds , and also when it comes out on region 2 we will be paying about 20 pounds for the same film
It won't end region coding - after all it costs nothing extra for a studio to region encode a disc.
However, I do think that there will be more releases like Warners combined R1/R2/R4 NTSC releases for back-catalogue titles. After all why go to the expense of creating three diferent masters?
It is means we'll only see region coding to protect theratrical release windows and overseas licencees then, I'll grudgingly accept it.
It's when region coding is used on films such as E.T. which is owned and distributed by Universal worldwide and has no release window to protect that I complain.
I can understand the companies region coding brand new films (assuming they haven't had a U.K. theatrical release), but I cannot understand them coding back catalouge titles.
I would have thought that doing a large single production run of a title, as opposed to indervidual runs for each region, would bring down the pressing costs quite considerably. This would still enable film companies in each country to purchase and sell the films they distributed in the cinemas of that country. This arrangment should solve the distibution rights problems for the output of companies such as Hammer Films ( where different companies such as Columbia, Universal and Warner Bros. issued the same films in different countries.)
I find it hard to believe the logic behind some companies region coding titles that have only a marginal interest outside America. Just recently I've started to collect discs of the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger series (ok I know that makes me sad!). Some discs are encoded region one whilst others are zero, a few of the covers are even printed with the R1 logo while the discs themselves are all region.
Besides myself I can't really imagine that there are many people outside America who'd buy these discs, so why go to the trouble of either labling these discs incorrectly or encoding the discs?
Is this issue so complicated or am I being stupid?
Answers:
Let`s hope not.
Answers:
Why?
Region encoding is pointless.. Especially when you have multi-region DVD..
The only people who lose out will be the Modding DVD player companies (but they will just sell standard DVD players then)
No more stupid 5 changes on PC-DVD (but then hacks fix that)
Bottom line - Region Free or Chipped DVD Player it's little to late..
Answers:
This is about the 5th time this badly written article has been highlighted. If you actually read it, you'll see there's no evidence to back up the writer's claim...
Answers:
i dont think there will end Region coding
we do now you can get round it by hacking or chipping a dvd player
it all down to profit, why will their give us film on region 1 that has not comeout in the cinema here ,we will have to import the film from a region 1 supplier for about 13 - 15 pounds , and also when it comes out on region 2 we will be paying about 20 pounds for the same film
Answers:
It won't end region coding - after all it costs nothing extra for a studio to region encode a disc.
However, I do think that there will be more releases like Warners combined R1/R2/R4 NTSC releases for back-catalogue titles. After all why go to the expense of creating three diferent masters?
It is means we'll only see region coding to protect theratrical release windows and overseas licencees then, I'll grudgingly accept it.
It's when region coding is used on films such as E.T. which is owned and distributed by Universal worldwide and has no release window to protect that I complain.
Answers:
I can understand the companies region coding brand new films (assuming they haven't had a U.K. theatrical release), but I cannot understand them coding back catalouge titles.
I would have thought that doing a large single production run of a title, as opposed to indervidual runs for each region, would bring down the pressing costs quite considerably. This would still enable film companies in each country to purchase and sell the films they distributed in the cinemas of that country. This arrangment should solve the distibution rights problems for the output of companies such as Hammer Films ( where different companies such as Columbia, Universal and Warner Bros. issued the same films in different countries.)
I find it hard to believe the logic behind some companies region coding titles that have only a marginal interest outside America. Just recently I've started to collect discs of the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger series (ok I know that makes me sad!). Some discs are encoded region one whilst others are zero, a few of the covers are even printed with the R1 logo while the discs themselves are all region.
Besides myself I can't really imagine that there are many people outside America who'd buy these discs, so why go to the trouble of either labling these discs incorrectly or encoding the discs?
Is this issue so complicated or am I being stupid?
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