On Friday 18 January 2008 21:37:09 Stuart Matheson wrote:
> >>> Then I remembered that half my DVD collection
> >>> is region 1, and getting regionless playback working on
> >>> the Mac was probably more effort than it was worth.
> >>
> >> VLC seems to work perfectly with any region DVDs, don't know about
> >> remote support though. Unfortunately the single mouse button can be a
> >> little cumbersome with X apps.
> >
> > I did look into that, but I figured that the 'just all works out
> > of the box' and 'nicely integrated apps' advantage of a Mac would
> > be lost at that point.
>
> I think for Apple to ship a software DVD player that was region free
> might cause some legal issues (although don't know why VLC would get
> away with it then), that or (more likely) the distribution companies
> might kick up a stink.
Oh, I understand why they've done what they have, and they probably
don't care that it's lost them a sale or two.
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