09-17-2005, 05:27 AM
I agree with Love and esterel that region encoding on media does encourage piracy and therefore does not make economic sense.
In real life I am located in region 4. Our region does not produce the amount of films and television that regions 1 and two make. This results in our prices being higher because we have to import a lot of our media and have it encoded for our regions use. An average DVD new release would cost approx $25-$30US, whereas pirated versions from Asia (although the quality is sometimes questionable), cost only $5US or for the cost of a blank DVD I can download the film illegally.
A Univeral system is best - it allows pricing parity throughout the world and will reduce piracy, therefore saving governments more money in law enforcement, saving consumers money on media and allowing media companies to recieve profits that would otherwise be lost to piracy.
In real life I am located in region 4. Our region does not produce the amount of films and television that regions 1 and two make. This results in our prices being higher because we have to import a lot of our media and have it encoded for our regions use. An average DVD new release would cost approx $25-$30US, whereas pirated versions from Asia (although the quality is sometimes questionable), cost only $5US or for the cost of a blank DVD I can download the film illegally.
A Univeral system is best - it allows pricing parity throughout the world and will reduce piracy, therefore saving governments more money in law enforcement, saving consumers money on media and allowing media companies to recieve profits that would otherwise be lost to piracy.