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estiroseI was reading a discussion on Slashdot, and I would have commented, except that someone beat me to it.
What bothers me is that, even though I really want a legal copy of Hurricanger on DVD (and there's also a release of the first 10 episodes of Mirai Sentai TimeRanger - the basis for Power Rangers Time Force - available for preorder on cdjapan as well), I won't be able to see it.
Why? Because of region encoding! America is Region 1 - Japan is Region 2. Apart from getting a multi-region player (not sure if those are quite legal), I have no chance of seeing these things legally.
A lot of problems would be solved if the region coding system was abolished. While I see the reasons behind it, how many people are likely to want to watch Sentai series in region 1, especially since the Sentai series for the last decade have all been adapted into Power Rangers?
I'm willing to pay the prices to import the darn things - now how about giving me the ability to see them?
What bothers me is that, even though I really want a legal copy of Hurricanger on DVD (and there's also a release of the first 10 episodes of Mirai Sentai TimeRanger - the basis for Power Rangers Time Force - available for preorder on cdjapan as well), I won't be able to see it.
Why? Because of region encoding! America is Region 1 - Japan is Region 2. Apart from getting a multi-region player (not sure if those are quite legal), I have no chance of seeing these things legally.
A lot of problems would be solved if the region coding system was abolished. While I see the reasons behind it, how many people are likely to want to watch Sentai series in region 1, especially since the Sentai series for the last decade have all been adapted into Power Rangers?
I'm willing to pay the prices to import the darn things - now how about giving me the ability to see them?
