James David Walley: I sure as hell hope that doesn't happen. If it does, we're back in the dark ages of VHS. And I'm sure that's what Wal-Mart and the other stores want. Hey...I just thought of something. Wasn't the fact that the films were in their original aspect ratios supposed to be...
Well, I don't have multi-region because I don't need it. All my favorite films are available in great editions in R1. But if I ever need it, I will get an all-region PAL/NTSC-compatible DVD player.
See? See?! It's true! Europeans ARE smarter than Americans! They all accept widescreen, and they all know the black bars aren't covering something up, and aren't annoyed by them! Why is it that the DVD buyers in the U.S. don't understand widescreen, and the ones in Europe do?