I know RCE is being implemented by the MPAA. I was wondering if RCE is going to be used for TV programs as well, not just films. I live in the US, but buy a lot of PAL DVD's (I currently use a Sampo multi-region DVD player that is 10 years old and want to purchase a new one). What I purchase are mainly British TV shows that are not available here. I guess I'm wondering if I buy a newer multi-region DVD player if DVD's from the UK (PAL) will work - or if RCE is being implemented in the UK too effecting their TV shows (I'm not really too concerned about films, since I don't buy too many movies). Thanks!

I've only seen RCE on American discs here and there. My old DVD player played them fine. My newer BD player can't unless I change the region code manually.

Here are two detailed webpages about how Region Code Enhancement works, and what kinds of multi-region DVD playing methods can handle it. They aren't recent (they're from when RCE was new, 2000/2001) but are very informative if you haven't already read them.

www.dvdtalk.com/rce.html
www.michaeldvd.com.au/articles/regionalcodeenhancement/rce.asp


This (a comment written in Jan 2007) states the only example I've found of any use of RCE outside of Region 1; my searches didn't turn up any newer instances of it:

"Q: Does the UK version of Casino Royale have Region Code Enhancement or is RCE still a Region 1 only perversion?
A: Back when RCE came out, a small batch of Region 3 MGM titles were RCE but this quickly got pulled and replaced with standard R3 versions. Except for that, RCE has only 'ever' been used on Region 1 DVDs."