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• That isn't going to endear the format to some film enthusiasts who shop for quality foreign fare. - Audiophilander 12:41:01 11/11/07 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Some content providers ARE enforcing Blu-ray region restrictions (nt) posted by racerguy on November 11, 2007 at 11:20:26

  This is one of those issues that can, especially in the short term, turn into a major speed-bump in the push to promote acceptance of high definition formats, IMO. The problem is in understanding the audience. Early adopters aren't merely techno-geeks hungry to possess the latest whiz-bang toy, they're also film enthusiasts who are mavericks when it comes to accepting unnecessarily imposed restrictions that limit their entertainment choices.

  Studio paranoia over piracy combined with a desire to micromanage world-wide video distribution have long been a stumbling block to the adoption of new technologies; lets hope that sanity prevails so that either or both HD formats can gain a solid market foothold in the window of opportunity provided.

  AuPh
  
  

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  Edits: 11/11/07
  • RE: - Jack G 15:26:59 11/11/07 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: That isn't going to endear the format to some film enthusiasts who shop for quality foreign fare. posted by Audiophilander on November 11, 2007 at 12:41:01

    The whole reason some studios support BD, is specifically those issues you mention-piracy protection and region coding. We can only hope that these paranoid fits will be more trouble than they are worth, but I suspect that won't be the case.
    Jack
    
    

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