So let me get this straight. You bemoan the lack of Region 2 PAL titles, and blame this on the region coding scheme? And you're mad at the world because NTSC titles are released before PAL titles and sometimes PAL versions are never released? And that the consumer electronics manufacturers should have consulted you, or the government in your region or something like that, before implementing regional coding? And also that you think your 42" plasma is a big screen that could clearly demonstrate the difference between standard DVB-T and HDTV? And DVB-T looks so good to you that you can't imagine HDTV looking better? Therefore you conclude that HDTV is unnecessary? I do say that this could be win the "Silly Rant of the Year" award! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Wilkins" <Barry.Wilkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:15 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Blue Ray has competition > I am intrigued to know this. When this diabolical concept was devised, > was there any say from representatives of any of the "lesser" regions in > deciding the hierarchy of those regions? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.