NO YOU DONT "GET IT". If a film is released theatrically LATER outside the USA, and many are, then the DVD for that region would have to be released later or the entire world would have to wait for the global theatrical distribution to complete before a non region coded "global" DVD could be released. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equipthatcan playPALsystemDVD's Come on JCO. Are you just not getting it, on purpose? DVD releases do not NEED to be delayed. Consumers do not derive ANY benefit from the region coding. Tom C. >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD >equipthatcan playPAL systemDVD's >Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:23:00 -0400 > >Like I said its most likely in the DVD hardware >licensing agreements, so its a still a legal issue. >the region coding is a benefit to everyone, not >just the movie industry, because in general it >is usually used to DELAY dvd releases only >in the regions where it needs be delayed instead >of delaying the release globally.... >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Norm Baugher >Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:56 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip thatcan playPAL >systemDVD's > > >I didn't know the movie industry could legislate laws to help them with >their movie release timing... Norm > >J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > then you dont understand the reasons why, see my > > later posts. > > jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of P. J. Alling > > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:09 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can > > playPAL > > > systemDVD's > > > > > > And immoral and fattening as well. But you know, I happen to think > > that > > > > in a society that values free speech, limiting access based on > > "regions" > > > > is unconscionable. > > > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > >> Those are out there but they are illegal. > >> jco > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Norm Baugher > >> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 1:04 PM > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can play > >> PAL systemDVD's > >> > >> > >> Well, thanks to the internet, I have a region code freebDVD player > >> - looked up the hack to get rid of the region code lock. Norm > >> > >> graywolf wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Not only that, Ann, even if a DVD is the right type it may not > >>> work. > > >>> If a DVD is coded for a region your player is not, it will not > >>> play. > > >>> The > >>> > > > > > >>> DVD needs to be coded for North American distribution, unless you > >>> > >>> > >> bought > >> > >> > >>> a DVD player with some other region coded in it as may happen if > >>> you > > >>> ordered it from somewhere else. Buying things on the internet can > >>> be > >>> > >>> > >> fun. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
