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RE: If he was correct, Oppo would be releasing a region-free player

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In Reply to: RE: If he was correct, Oppo would be releasing a region-free player posted by Jazz Inmate on February 19, 2009 at 19:33:04

>>>What makes you so sure they would have been shut down? They could have just been small potatoes, doing more good than harm to the stakeholders<<<
Small potatoes doesn't matter. Mom and Pop farmers selling umpasturized (but fresh from the cow) milk are getting shut down despite being small potatoes. Do you think college kids that were being prosecuted by the RIAA weren't small potatoes?

>>>. Michael Phelphs wasn't prosecuted for smoking pot (thereby becoming even more of a hero to Auph), but would you say he didn't break the rules?<<<
Phelps certainly isn't small potatoes, he's rich and famous. If that was me (small potatoes)in the picture, I'd be in jail.

>>>Doesn't say anything about being formed to ignore region encoding rules.<<<
Of course being you, you believe all sales hype. I have their first model, back when they only had one, it was sold specifically as a multi-region player-that was listed as a feature.

>>>look at the buying habits of the public...The average consumer has never bought a DVD region-encoded outside the region where he lives.<<<
You are probably right-I'll drive over to the nearest McDonald's and ask them.
>>>Meanwhile, BDs are still fairly new and already achieving double-digit portions<<<
Still going by profits I see. I'm still waiting for unit numbers.

>>>show me which of your import DVDs can claim such numbers.<<<
How do you think importers/distributors know what to import for R1? They look at what movies people like and are importing here from other regions. Do you really think the Vengeance Trilogy or the Infernal affairs trilogy would have been made into R1 if they weren't already hits as imports from other regions?
Are they as popular as Spiderman or Batman? No, but just because McDonald's sells alot of hamburgers, doesn't mean people should abandon 5 star restaurants.
Jack

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RE: If he was correct, Oppo would be releasing a region-free player - Jazz Inmate 20:00:46 02/20/09 (4)
> > Small potatoes doesn't matter. Mom and Pop farmers selling umpasturized (but fresh from the cow) milk are getting shut down despite being small potatoes. < <

Public safety is not small potatoes.

> > Do you think college kids that were being prosecuted by the RIAA weren't small potatoes?

I think 99.9% of college kids (or anyone else) illegally downloading or copying music and not paying for it got away with it. Napster, however, was shut down and a few thousand kids were prosecuted to try to scare others straight.

> > Phelps certainly isn't small potatoes, he's rich and famous. < <

I meant small potatoes in the law sense. The DA who had the authority to charge him with breaking drug laws said he wouldn't because he had a backlog of cases involving dealers and more hardened criminals. In that respect, Phelps was indeed small potatoes and the DA said as much.

> > If that was me (small potatoes)in the picture, I'd be in jail. < <

Lots of people like you (Auph for example) get stoned as a matter of routine and don't go to jail.

> > Of course being you, you believe all sales hype. < <

It was Oppo's mission statement. Your idea of their mission is to bring foreign-region DVDs to your screen, but if you think that's really their mission, you're projecting (no pun intended).

> > I have their first model, back when they only had one, it was sold specifically as a multi-region player-that was listed as a feature. < <

Then you bought into the sales hype, not me.

> > Still going by profits I see. I'm still waiting for unit numbers. < <

Why? DVDs can sell out in the dollar bins and still not bring in the bucks that BDs will soon command. The writing is on the wall. Read it.

> > How do you think importers/distributors know what to import for R1? They look at what movies people like and are importing here from other regions. < <

Importers cater to a small segment of the audience.

> > Do you really think the Vengeance Trilogy or the Infernal affairs trilogy would have been made into R1 if they weren't already hits as imports from other regions? < <

Of course they would. They're established international blockbusters.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
- "They're established international blockbusters" - Jack G 05:56:49 02/21/09 (3)
  They certainly didn't do well in the theaters in the US. Of those 6, only Oldboy showed in the theaters in DC. Briefly. How many of those did YOU see in the theater? You never even heard of Infernal Affairs until it came out on BD. Probably the same with Oldboy.
  You're arguing for the sake of arguing at this point.
  I'm through here.
  Jack
  - It's not about me. The fact is they've done very well internationally NT - Jazz Inmate 16:48:01 02/21/09 (2)
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    We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
    - "It's not about me." ... - Audiophilander 00:53:55 02/23/09 (1)
      ;0)
      - You are a cliche factory nt - Jazz Inmate 21:31:38 02/24/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "It's not about me." ... posted by Audiophilander on February 23, 2009 at 00:53:55
        
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