the DVDs I actually own. What do you folks do about this? Why the hell was this particular technology rigged in this way? Sorry to bug the list about
So that you would be able to change your region & get it right before it's finalized which is certainly more fair than one or two strikes and you're stuck. While I don't really like the idea of region coding it does make sense, more so than copy protection schemes. I suspect region coding will eventually be abandoned: it's widely ignored in Europe and Australia has been threatening a lawsuit against Hollywood studios about it. LT ----------------------------- Violinist Bauer-Lechner on Mahler: "The first thing he composed on paper at the age of six was a polka, to which he added a funeral march as an introduction." The Funhouse Journal http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/blog/journal.htm