Region coding (1 Viewer)

[Daniel-M]

As far as i know nothing has been announced regarding regional coding on either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Does anyone know how this works

 

[Mark Zimmer]

I've heard conflicting things, that HD-DVD has no region coding, and also that it there is region coding but that it has much bigger regions. FWIW, the HD-A1 manual does not mention region coding at all, a point about which the 1st generation DVD players were all very clear on.

 

[Steve...O]

So does this mean that the players are "region free" or just that the software currently available is "region 0"?

 

[StephenC]

But this does not apply to SD DVDs, correct?

 

[Mark Zimmer]

Right, SD DVDs are still region coded and the HD-A1 is coded R1. BD players presumably will work the same way, since they're still both subject to the DVD Forum rules as far as how they handle SD DVD.

 

[JediFonger]

instead of 7 or 8 regions for SD-DVD, HD discs will have 3 regions. and yesh, it's still here kids =(.