Tweet Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 " Blu-ray to Begin Region-Coding This Fall " Click on link..... http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/...his_Fall___/277 and another interesting link ........ http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/news/ C.M
betty boop Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 " Blu-ray to Begin Region-Coding This Fall "Click on link..... http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/...his_Fall___/277 C.M the numb-nuts !
Tweet Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Blu-ray regional code to fight piracy New system differs from one in place for standard DVDs Wed., Oct. 4, 2006, By MARK SCHILLING " To keep a lid on piracy, the Blu-ray Disc Assn. has decided to use regional codes for film discs released in the format. The coded discs will debut this fall. The new code system differs from the one in place for standard DVDs in that Japan, the Americas, and East and Southeast Asia, with the major exception of China, all share the same Region 1. Europe, the Middle East, Africa, New Zealand and Australia are grouped in Region 2, while China, Russia, India and other territories not in the first two groups are lumped into Region 3. Meanwhile, the rival HD DVD camp led by Toshiba, has not yet decided whether to use regional codes. New system will be used for pics and games including Sony PlayStation 3. To thwart the use of all-region players, Blu-ray regional codes will be burned into the optical discs. The rival HD DVD camp, led by Toshiba, will not use regional codes. Decision to using a coding system emerged from talks between Advanced Access Content System members who belong to the Blu-ray Disc Assn. Warner Bros. reportedly opposed the system, citing the ineffectiveness of the current coding setup for conventional DVDs, but was outvoted........." http://www.variety.com/article/VR111795118...d=1009&cs=1 C.M
MELso Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Blu-ray regional code to fight piracyNew system differs from one in place for standard DVDs Wed., Oct. 4, 2006, By MARK SCHILLING " To keep a lid on piracy<snip>... <sarcasm>Ah, right. So that's why there are no pirated region-free copies of DVDs floating around. It's all down to region coding. And of course, fitting region coding to blu-ray is going to make it sooooo much less likely that pirates will seek to crack the copy protection schemes to sate the demand in markets unable to watch US titles.</sarcasm> Idiots.
Jace Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Region coding has nothing to do with piracy. Blu-Ray is not winning any friends spreading patent lies. It's about protecting the release patterns of their movies throughout the world. The world doesn't care.
ajm1503559545 Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 I was just reading that article by Schilling in Variety. This guy is either a complete moron, thinks we are all morons or works for the consortium. How could anyone still believe that region coding has anything to do with piracy? Do you hear the sound of banging nails? C'mon Highjinx, tell us why this does't matter and why we don't need to watch BD from other parts of the globe?
djOS Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 ---SNIP---C'mon Highjinx, tell us why this does't matter and why we don't need to watch BD from other parts of the globe? Especially when here in Aus we have a legally defined right to import games and movies and play them back on our legally purchased HW without restrictions!
MELso Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Well, it was fun while it lasted... http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/06/hd..._region_coding/
djOS Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Well, it was fun while it lasted...http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/06/hd..._region_coding/ Bugger, at least 1st gen players are unlikely to enforce regions unless it is included in a future FW uodate.
Tweet Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Of course any player may not be able to play future 'region enforced' discs if the requirement to play demands a matching of the encoded disc region to that in the player's firmware,though this should be region 'A' anyway for 1st generation players,this regional coding could even be 'hardwired' into the player and there being no 'No region'. This matching requirement may have a 'flag' that will be turned on in future discs ? C.M
cwt Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Of course any player may not be able to play future 'region enforced' discs if the requirement to play demands a matching of the encoded disc region to that in the player's firmware,though this should be region 'A' anyway for 1st generation players,this regional coding could even be 'hardwired' into the player and there being no 'No region'.This matching requirement may have a 'flag' that will be turned on in future discs ? C.M This is a worry Chicken Man ; but hopefully the ACCC [or whatever its called now] will rule in the consumers favour like it ruled against Sony by calling it restriction of trade/price maintenance/monopoly power or something
Jace Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Bugger, at least 1st gen players are unlikely to enforce regions unless it is included in a future FW uodate. I'm sure it will. This is the price HD-DVD has to pay if it wants to encourage Disney and Fox to join their party. And another good reason to wait until the dust settles on this whole mess. Who knows what other wonderful applications to prevent us watching movies are in the wings.
datvman Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 Apparently here tomorrow in major department stores - who's going to rush out and get there machine?
djOS Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 Apparently here tomorrow in major department stores - who's going to rush out and get there machine? Not me, my Toshiba HD-DVD Player arrived today!
betty boop Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 Apparently here tomorrow in major department stores - who's going to rush out and get there machine? whats here tomorrow. not the sammy ! I thought it was sent to the naughty corner !
Cody Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 whats here tomorrow. not the sammy ! I thought it was sent to the naughty corner ! they just showed the sammy on ten late news and said its going on sale next week for $1500. certainly a very biased report towards BR, mentioning HD DVD only once - which was when pointing out that BR has more studio support than HD DVD.
Paranoid666au Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 I hope we get HD DVD soon, if the disks are $30 or less I can buy them locally. Oh that's right, this a Blu Ray thread.
RodN Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 Well well with all this rabbiting on who would have thought we'd get blu-ray here before hd-dvd.... look out fellas big bad Sony's gonna get ya, or is that Samsung? (yes I know it's a crap player, aren't all sammies, just thought I'd ad some fuel to the fire)
Maverick Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 As BR is region coded, will they be releasing any BR titles in cojunction with this? If not why would they expect anyone to buy this POS.
Guest Conifer Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 As BR is region coded, will they be releasing any BR titles in cojunction with this? If not why would they expect anyone to buy this POS. So BR been released, but how many movie's have been released? Still taking a back sit on this project, sd dvd is still fine with me until the HD stuff sorts it's self out
Nevyn72 Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 I saw blank BR media at DSE the other day....... A bargain @ $45 per disk!!
Guest EZYHD Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 Still taking a back sit on this project, sd dvd is still fine with me until the HD stuff sorts it's self out I'm sure that's what most are doing. Early adopters may finish up with another Betamax and will pay a high initial $ price.
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