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For the ICT to be of any use, a player must support it, either by using a restrictor, or by refusing to play any content. The latter option seems to be cheaper, though it is not ideal. Naturally, a programmer unbound by any contracts and licensing terms could choose not to implement either the...

less of a market? Conventionally, CDs are ripped into MP3, and DVDs into DiVX, two formats which compress the data. The two benefits associated with DVD-Audio are surround sound (compressed versions of the surround mix can be obtained from the DVD-Video layer) and advanced resolution, which...

blu-ray regions: Region A (1): U.S., Japan, Latin America, East Asia (except China). Region B (2): Europe and Africa Region C (3): China, Russia, Remaining countries. HD-DVD regions: none, as yet I suppose some of the things about DVDs would make more sense if CSS hadn't been...

Region coding exists because it's easier to sell duplication rights piecemeal. Someone recently gave me a copy of Riget 1/2, two films released in 1994 and 1997. Before playing the discs, I had to alter my region code to "2".