Barry, At least in Australia it is legal to own a DVD player that has the region codes disabled. John Shutt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Wilkins" <Barry.Wilkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > While on the topic of new DVD standards, can anybody tell me if there > will be imposed an idiotic, unnecessary and entirely unfair regional > system for these new HD pre-recorded discs. I am saying this because I > come from the forth "world"(region)area, which does not get many of the > DVDs you in the USA get, even after the original movie has been released > in theatres for years. > An example is "The Mission", which even now I had to import from region > 2. You have had this release on DVD for how long? > > Barry Wilkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.