<rant mode on> Many of us folks in the UK that care about the region coding feel it is a cynical attempt to make us pay extortionate prices and control the market instead of allowing a competitive market to develop. For example, the movie Eragon has recently been release here, the MRP is 23 pounds, that is more than 45 bucks! Without region coding, I believe our high street prices would be comparable to US prices.
Fortunately region free players are readily available here, especially on the cheap units http://preview.tinyurl.com/3yayef hence a large number of on-line stores sell region 1 DVD's at a huge discount from high street stores. The region 1 version of Eragon imported from the US costs 13 pounds, just a bit more reasonable! Sadly, it seems the average punter just pays the rip-off price in the high street and perpetuates the situation. IMHO region coding is an immoral attempt to rig the market, and control the control it with an iron fist. <rant mode off> Cheers, Andy. ann sanfedele wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> Ann, >> >> I have time to watch about one-three hour's worth of television a >> week, aside from 15 minutes of news and weather while I'm cooking >> breakfast. TMC, TCM, Discovery, etc might be nice but paying for more >> than basic extended cable service (already $50/month, $600 a year) >> seems insane ... most of the cable channels worth watching require a >> digital cable interface box and can only be had with a 10-channel >> service pack additional, which would double the yearly cost. >> > Mine costs $90 including high speed internet, digital stuff, etc -- it > would cost more but > I have a package that doesnt include espn or bravo. > >> At $9 to $15 per DVD, $300-600 a year is a LOT of good movies that I >> can buy and reuse whenever I feel like it rather than wait for when >> the various cable channels choose to show them and hope that I have >> the time at that moment to watch. And ... no commercials, no editing >> for television format, extra material on the higher end DVDs about >> the series, better quality, etc. >> >> "200 channels and nothing to watch" is a perfect description of most >> of what I see on television. >> >> I do go to the movie theater, primarily for good indies but also for >> a lot of the better big bux films. There is a huge difference in the >> presentation of a movie on a big screen in the theater compared to >> watching that same show on a television screen, though more for some >> than for others. I go to the theater when other people generally >> don't in order to avoid children and obnoxious crowds. It's expensive >> but worth it to me. >> > Expensive is key word -- even senior it is $7.00 or $7.50 in NY... > then you watch 20 minutes of > promos that are so loud that I have to stand outside the door to the > theatre until they are over... > and...well, there is this other problem I have that makes it at the very > least distracting to sit through > an entire movie -- at home I can get up every 30 minutes without > missing anything. > >> Felipe does watch the occasional broadcast barfola from time to time, >> like "America's Next Top Model". Gag me. He keeps me updated on >> modern culture, whatever that might be. ;-) >> >> I would rather process and scan film. It's tedious but much more >> enjoyable. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> > I can't do much of any one thing for very long - even working on > photos.... I really do think > I may have ADHD. > > ann > >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
