Xbox One DRM: Microsoft’s Penello doesn’t see it returning

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endimion said:

people still buy movies on discs ??? lol
well for DVDs it's a non issue by now people getting an XB1 probably have a DVD player already... and well for BR I have had one for 4 years free on my cable box... and I never bought a single BR... I rent or buy my movies in DD only now....

but good question for the one who cares... BR are gonna be the vinyls of the 21st century :)

Lol, not that much anymore.  And I think Blu-ray is a dying medium and old school DVD's still sell more.  But sometimes, say when you travel, you can get something you can't get at home.  Blu-rays are better than DVD's in that they have few region codes.  But if you buy a Blu-ray in Australia it might not play in the USA and visa versa.  But a USA disk, will play just fine in Japan.

The work around for this is you have no region code on the player.  So they could all play everywhere.

Blu-ray region code map:

DVD's were even worse.  Cross the border from Mexico and buy a DVD, it might not play when you get back home.

DVD Region code map: