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No Region Codes for HD-DVD?

Posted by Zonk on from the that-would-be-nice dept.

MBCook writes "According to Engadget something interesting has come out of the DVD Forum Conference 2005 in Japan. Here is the line from the post we've all been waiting for: 'But one statement from Toshiba Digital Media Networks' Hisashi Yamada was particularly intriguing: "We've gotten a variety of opinions about region controls. Even in the Steering Committee, they are extremely unpopular; we decided to not put them in. HD DVD probably won't contain any region playback controls."' Source: Japanese, English (via Google's Language Tools)."

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  1. The people with the GUNS define your rights by Work+Account · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So stock up before they are made illegal.

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  2. Re:Sorry buddy but you're wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a small burnable portion in it's inner ring
    it writes it's own UUID onto the disc

    "its".

    now if i was implementing

    "Now, if I were".

    Also, English sentences usually begin with a capital letter, and the word "I" is also usually capitalized. Finally, some of your punctuation is a little off.

  3. Re:Region codes instrumental by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "DVD players that play discs regardless of their Region Coding have made a mockery of the Region Coding system."

    Good.