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"The region blocking is useful..." - Not to the customer.
Posted by Audiophilander on November 30, 2007 at 16:46:09:
>>> "I can't blame the studios for doing that though it makes my life a bit more inconvenient." <<<
I do blame the Blu-ray consortium for acquiescing to studio paranoia, and when you say inconvenience that's an understatement, especially when it limits or prevents one from acquiring high definition formated television and film titles from overseas.
>>> "Also, don't you prefer "lossless" DVD-A or CD vs "lossy" DD/DTS?" <<<
If it were truly lossless, then yes (esp. for CDs, DVD-A & SACD music), but that's a misnomer because it's still compressed. Nevertheless, it's a moot point because both HD-DVD & Blu-ray have codecs for lossless digital audio. However, to play lossless audio requires a receiver or digital processor capable of handling those formats and I'm not willing to sacrifice any part of my tube based stereo rig to accomodate lossless audio from my video gear. I will add this capability when I can do so affordably and without compromising any other aspect of my A/V system.
Cheers,
AuPh