Blu-Ray to enforce Region encoding this Fall

[hmurchison]

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...is_Fall___/277

It looks like the days of region-free Blu-ray disc playback are coming to an end. The Blu-ray Disc Association has decided to begin burning regional codes onto discs sold in the format beginning this fall.

While the Bu-ray group had devised a regional coding system last year, there was some question whether it would be used to prevent playback across regions.

HD DVD will remain Region Free.

[Jazar]

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=2861

[Chris Beveridge]

Originally Posted by hmurchison

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...is_Fall___/277



HD DVD will remain Region Free.

Until the committee to study it comes back and makes its recommendation. The situation is entirely fluid there. The difference being that the first decks out will remain region free and be an incentive to pick up should region coding be enforced.

This is a situation where one or two studios WANT it and the rest don't really care. So say if Disney goes HD DVD, they may make as a demand that region coding be implemented. To get a studio, would the HD DVD group go for it? I suspect they would. It's a double edged sword and a talking point that some (not you) should be wary of using too much.

[zombie]

Originally Posted by hmurchison

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...is_Fall___/277



HD DVD will remain Region Free.

Please use the search function. There is already a thread for this.