CoS DVD in French

[Petra Pan]

bboy_mn:
> I don't know for sure about DVD's but
> CD's are 'country encoded'.  That
> means that are slight variation is
> the encoding format in different
> parts of the world. This is to make
> it harder to pirate copies of 
> the disk. 
> 
> A CD from Japan will probably not
> work with US equipment. I would make
> sure that you aren't going to run
> into the same problem with DVD's.  I
> would think they would be MORE likely
> to encode DVD's this way. 

Are you sure that CD's are regionally 
coded?  I could swear that I've played 
CD's from foreign countries in my 
American player before.  And I remember 
playing my American CD's in other 
countries' equipment.

DVD's, on the other hand, are usually
regionally coded.  As I understand it, 
this is done so that people in countries 
that a particular movie hasn't had a 
theatrical run in yet can't just buy the 
DVD from the movie's country of origin 
and skip seeing it in the theaters 
altogether when it finally arrives.  
This then also makes piracy that much 
harder.

VJH:
> DVDs are region coded, if that's what
> you meant. Europe as a whole has the
> same coding, regardless of countries. 
> Therefore, a Dutch copy would work
> find with British equipment. In 
> fact, a South African or Japanese copy
> would work, too.
> 
> http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/multimedia/
> dvd/dvd_region_map.htm

Ooh...cool map!  Bookmarking that one now...

Petra
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n  :)

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