DVD Players and regions

[Brian Dunn]

>especially since it's
>a conscious effort by the movie industry to limit consumer access.
>

This is what I don't get. Limiting consumer access would mean limiting 
sales, right? Or is this REA thing being done to keep people overseas from 
buying the NA versions cheaper than the Japanese versions, cutting in on 
the profits overseas? But I still kind of don't get it, because how much 
could it hurt having someone not in North America purchasing a DVD from 
North America...

Is this going along the lines with the video game country codes, where 
modded systems allowed not only play of discs from other countries, but 
also of copied games? So by implementing the REA, they are trying to combat 
illegal DVD copies or something that a region free player could play?


Brian Dunn
b1dunn at hotmail.com

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