Region Indicated on Case Not Always Correct - Why? - Blu-ray Forum

knight17 · 08-10-2016, 08:36 AM

It might be done to deter importing, if the customer is not persistent. For instance, some, if not all of the US Box sets are a lot more expensive than UK releases and so on, hence simply mentioning that it is Region A or Region B might deter some of them from purchasing them.

There are other instances when the studios might have erroneously included it as stated above.

With regard to box sets there are also instances when one movie might be locked to a region and others wouldn't be, so for that purpose it might be mentioned.

End of the day, region locking is an unwanted functionality as far as I am concerned.

When the studios insist that customers purchase genuine goods, they must go out of their way to make sure that it is available to do so irrespective of geographical limitations and so on.

While I hated the fact that WB refused to release the rest of the T&J collection, I am thankful they don't go around locking any of their releases.

Nevertheless the fact that Blu ray players are cheap and can be made multi-region more or less solves this issue.

08-10-2016, 08:36 AM	#5
knight17 Expert Member Member since:Jan 2016 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1134 Trading Score:9	It might be done to deter importing, if the customer is not persistent. For instance, some, if not all of the US Box sets are a lot more expensive than UK releases and so on, hence simply mentioning that it is Region A or Region B might deter some of them from purchasing them. There are other instances when the studios might have erroneously included it as stated above. With regard to box sets there are also instances when one movie might be locked to a region and others wouldn't be, so for that purpose it might be mentioned. End of the day, region locking is an unwanted functionality as far as I am concerned. When the studios insist that customers purchase genuine goods, they must go out of their way to make sure that it is available to do so irrespective of geographical limitations and so on. While I hated the fact that WB refused to release the rest of the T&J collection, I am thankful they don't go around locking any of their releases. Nevertheless the fact that Blu ray players are cheap and can be made multi-region more or less solves this issue.

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