whatever on 20 November 2007
| ProfDallas said: The region-free thing was a big mistake on HD-DVDs part. Not to spam the thread, but studios prefer region encoding b/c it makes things easier for DVD pirates to make fake DVDs and they usually put a lot of movies for HD-DVD out later than BD as a result, for the studios that are neutral anyway. Again all of these security things might not seem to matter much to the consumer, but as a consumer you should want them, because consumers will ultimately have to pay more for their movies if a lot of pirating goes on. |
Region encoding is one of the biggest farces foisted on consumers ever. It has nothing to do with pirating and everything to do with controlling prices/distribution within a region. The reason an HD DVD might be delayed is because a movie may still be in theatres internationally when the DVD is release, so they don't want people to import it. It has nothing to do with piracy. At least get your facts straight.
To say this is bad for consumers is just beyond ridiculous. You've taken Blu-ray fanboyism to a new level. The best way for consumer to get rid of region encoding forever is to support HD DVD over Blu-ray.
