makingmusic476 on 04 January 2008
| NJ5 said: I don't know why people are so happy... Sure, it's good if this stupid format war ends, but did it have to be with the region-locked, most DRM-ridden format? I'll probably stick with DVD for a few more years at least. |
Only new releases are required to be region locked on Blu-Ray, and this is purely to solve international release issues. For example, Hairspray has been released on both Blu-Ray and DVD in the US, but New Line was forced to hold of on the HD DVD release because it would infringe on the theatrical runs of the film in Europe, where it is still being played.
Also, most older films (1+ years old) are not region encoded on Blu-Ray.
How is region encoding a bad thing in this situation?
