I have heard from another DVD board that Columbia Tristar and Warners has instituted new measures that will make their R1 discs released starting October, unplayable in All-Region players.

I wasn't going to take this too seriously, but when I preordered The Patriot, which is Columbia/Tristar picture from Amazon, I am suddenly warned by Amazon like so:
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*** Your order contains one or more Region 1 encoded DVDs (US &
Canada). Please be aware that your order is being shipped to a
country, or countries, that do not support region 1 encoded DVDs.
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I was also warned that the product I am ordering may not play on players available in my region.

I have ordered R1 discs from Amazon many times and I have not had this warning before now. What do you guys think? Does Columbia Tristar mean business? Should I continue with my order?

Go ahead and buy R1 - they have been threatening and playing with this idea for years...

A hack and/or modification is always developed for every player out there - it is inevitable that region coding will die (imo).

Just my 2 cents

If it doesn't work in your player, let me know and I'd gladly buy The Patriot from you. One of my players is R1 only, so I definitely can use it. I think wravaillion's right, though -- if a new encoding protection is developed, its hackers won't be far behind.

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My DVDs

As I knew from the start the majority of DVD's I buy would be Region 1, I bought a region 1 player.

If it doesnt play then complain to the guy you bought the DVD players, so they will fix it for you.

Wravaillion has a good point there.

For every advancement they make in security, you can bet that someone will make a crack for it too.

Just buy the R1 DVD dude.



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Regards...

John 3:16

Anyone tried Patriot on their modified player yet ?

Tried it out on a "chipped" Samsung 709 and a Wharfedale 750. The film wouldn't load on the Wharfedale - it's a "hacked" Multi-Region/Region-Free DVD player - but it worked fine on the Samsung.

If you can set your DVD player manually to Region 1, then you can play an R1 RCE disc on any player, etc.

The New Zealand Home Theatre site has been doing some testing with 'The Patriot' on various DVD players...
http://www.nzht.co.nz/patriot.htm

I received my copy of the Patriot yesterday. It plays on my Pioneer 717 with the standard multizone mod.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gabriel:
I have heard from another DVD board that Columbia Tristar and Warners has instituted new measures that will make their R1 discs released starting October, unplayable in All-Region players.

I wasn't going to take this too seriously, but when I preordered The Patriot, which is Columbia/Tristar picture from Amazon, I am suddenly warned by Amazon like so:
///////////
*** Your order contains one or more Region 1 encoded DVDs (US &
Canada). Please be aware that your order is being shipped to a
country, or countries, that do not support region 1 encoded DVDs.
//////////////
I was also warned that the product I am ordering may not play on players available in my region.

I have ordered R1 discs from Amazon many times and I have not had this warning before now. What do you guys think? Does Columbia Tristar mean business? Should I continue with my order?<HR>

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I noticed that now with every DVD order from
Amazon.com they bring that warning! Maybe too
many people bought DVD`s and were then complaining about them....?

Works OK on my Panasonic A350 with after-market auto switching mod.