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Re: [dvd-discuss] Fox recommends multiregion (aka hacked) DVD playersto UKc...
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- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Fox recommends multiregion (aka hacked) DVD playersto UKc...
- From: Ole Craig <olc(at)cs.umass.edu>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:06:51 -0400 (EDT)
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On 07/12/02 at 17:03, 'twas brillig and Sham Gardner scrobe:
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 04:55:19PM +0200, Tom wrote:
> > actually, they thought about that, too. one of the DVD regions is
> > reserved for "international", which mostly means airplanes, but I guess
> > the big cruise ships will have DVD players set to region 9, too. (I
> > think it was region 9, but don't quote me without verifying.)
>
> I very much doubt it, the region mask only has 8 bits. ;)
That would allow for 256 different regions. Perhaps you meant
3 bits?
Ole
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