Comment Re:Oh, for fucks sake ... WAKE UP!! (Score 1) 123
I tend to agree with those saying the market will mean non-compliant drives will remain available one way or another.
For example, I live in Australia. Here, DVD players are supposed to only allow the playing of Zone 2 DVD's (or whatever our zone is). That's so movies can be released earlier in Zome 1 (the US) and not playable by the rest of us.
1st generation ones were zone restricted according to the standards. Some still are. But, the fact is, the majority of DVD players on the market here now, I believe, have that function disabled before they leave the factory and will play any zone DVD's. The consumer won that one here.
Sure, this doesn't PROVE much because it's a slightly different situation, but it seems to be indicative of what often happens.
Darren
For example, I live in Australia. Here, DVD players are supposed to only allow the playing of Zone 2 DVD's (or whatever our zone is). That's so movies can be released earlier in Zome 1 (the US) and not playable by the rest of us.
1st generation ones were zone restricted according to the standards. Some still are. But, the fact is, the majority of DVD players on the market here now, I believe, have that function disabled before they leave the factory and will play any zone DVD's. The consumer won that one here.
Sure, this doesn't PROVE much because it's a slightly different situation, but it seems to be indicative of what often happens.
Darren
