DVD regions cause international incident… or something

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   20 Mar 2009 ~ 1:41pm Vicar Its a really stupid idea region coding DVD's, since you can get multi region DVD players. Only reason is profi, profit, profit.
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   20 Mar 2009 ~ 1:42pm Snarkasm Ridiculous story, as Region 1-compatible players have been in the UK for YEARS.
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   20 Mar 2009 ~ 1:56pm Vicar yup.
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   20 Mar 2009 ~ 2:00pm Linc

   Snarkasm wrote:

   Ridiculous story, as Region 1-compatible players have been in the UK for YEARS.

   And? The point was they were incompatible with Brown's player, not that he couldn't have an IT geek go find him an all-region or Region 1 player.
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   20 Mar 2009 ~ 2:02pm Snarkasm Oh, I know. I wasn't saying your post of the story was ridiculous, I'm saying it's ridiculous that this story was ever written in the first place. So his DVD player is years out of date and he needs another $30 one. WRITE IT UP, JOURNALISTS!
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   20 Mar 2009 ~ 2:59pm Thrax The story has credibility. DVD regions shouldn't exist at all. They're a profit scam that's sold as an insurance that the regions will get localized content.