Sony Continues The Fight For Regional Coding
News The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has stepped into a Federal Court case to challenge the international agreement on regional coding of DVDs. It has described regional coding as an anti-competitive practice that disadvantages...
[February 8, 2002, 10:07]
PlayStation2 Modification Irritates Sony
News Sony claims regional coding is necessary in the fight against piracy and because of the different TV standards worldwide. The company has introduced regional coding for the PS2 which means, for example, that Japanese PS2 games are not compatible...
[September 7, 2000, 11:57]
Siggraph Audience Takes Sony To Task On DRM
News Questions from Siggraph attendees also concerned their annoyance with regional coding, which prevents people from playing DVDs from one region of the world on a DVD player in another, even though the customer purchased the DVDs legally.
[August 2, 2006, 10:10]
Barcode Verification Of Medications At The Bedside
White Papers Join this webcast to hear a discussion on an overview of medication safety and automation in healthcare, proven outcomes with barcode verification of medications at Danville Regional Medical Center and pharmacy's role in bar coding at the point of...
[November 23, 2004, 23:00]
DVD Technology Explained
News The somewhat bizarre Content Scrambling System (CSS) -- also known as 'regional coding' -- was born. The CSS is a series of regional settings that exist on the same format but are incompatible with each other.
[May 14, 1999, 16:11]
A Year Ago: DVD Technology Explained
News The somewhat bizarre Content Scrambling System (CSS) -- also known as 'regional coding' -- was born. The CSS is a series of regional settings that exist on the same format but are incompatible with each other.
[May 15, 2000, 7:01]
Are You Paying Too Much For DVD Movies?
News Liss recommended people shop around, especially in independent stores and online, pointing out that many consumers are bypassing regional coding by getting their machines altered to play any DVD. UK retailers are charging too much for DVD movie...
[May 14, 1999, 11:57]
Digital Fingerprint To Tackle Dark Side Of The Web
News The VBS Worm Generator 1.5b is written in Microsoft Visual Basic 5, and is quick to use as well as requiring no coding skills. We want to treat adults as responsible users of the network, whilst protecting users and companies from a hostile work...
[April 20, 2001, 8:11]
