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Xaccers · 04-05-2004, 19:09

The regional thing is just a marketing thing so they can spread the releases.
With VHS this was done because of the different technologies, like PAL/NTSC/SECAM but DVDs don't have that problem so they invented the regions.
IIRC the australian courts are dealing with this on behalf of consumers as over there the manufacturer has no right to dictate to the consumer how to use products.

04-05-2004, 19:09	#14
Xaccers Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milling around Milton Keynes Age: 49 Posts: 12,969	Re: De-regionalising PowerDVD The regional thing is just a marketing thing so they can spread the releases. With VHS this was done because of the different technologies, like PAL/NTSC/SECAM but DVDs don't have that problem so they invented the regions. IIRC the australian courts are dealing with this on behalf of consumers as over there the manufacturer has no right to dictate to the consumer how to use products.