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Alliance/Atlantis, the product of a merger between the two largest film/video distributors in Canada, sells DVDs that are different from the US ones, and got into big trouble (esp from Miramax and Di$ney) for it!
You can only get a Region 1 "Meet the Feebles" in Canada
Some more info at DVDresource and you can buy some at DVD depot


Pope

Concerning that 10 million players figure you gave us, check this outtake from a variety article :

QUOTE That point may be coming sooner than the studios want to acknowledge as prices for the machines drop. Indeed, by the end of 2000, DVD penetration will likely reach 10% of U.S. households: the point at which VHS rentals took off. /QUOTE

I'm not math whiz, put that would be around 25 millions players in the us alone (assuming they know what they're talking about). BTW i got that link from the dvd resource page

I completely agree with you. The more I see, hear, and read, the more I feel that George Lucas is a complete asshole. I've loved SW dearly since birth, but c'mon. Jar-Jar? Lucas blaming the fans on the net (read: US) for the silicon spawned monstrosity sucking so badly? George being totally controlling over this? No SW on DVD until 2006???? No Indiana Jones on DVD? Lucas, the more you tighten your grip, the more fans will slip through your fingers....

Yeah, I tried to post this as well, found both of these off of dvdresource.com: One from Variety Magazine and another from Sci Fi Wire

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