DVD copy protection (Score 1)

At least one drive that I've seen will only let you change your region six times, and then it gets locked in the last region you set.

OK, so I can't read bootleg DVDs from Europe. I also can't watch legit DVDs.

From what I hear, talking to a salesman of consumer VCR style DVD units, the only ones that are selling are the ones that ignore the localization protection scheme. All those that support it, noone will buy. So guess which one the manufacturers that tried to follow the guidelines are now starting to produce :)