Region 2

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(idea) by Easy Tiger (3.1 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Nov 27 2001 at 14:43:04

A DVD marketing 'zone', Region 2 (R2) houses the British Isles, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, Egypt and Japan (kind of).

If you live in America or Canada (R1), then you have nothing to be jealous about - the Region 2 library largely consists of Region 1 titles released months later (and in lots of cases stripped of special features)...

(idea) by Stavr0 (1.8 d) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Nov 27 2001 at 16:12:17

I beg to differ. I would like to be able to play R2 DVDs. There are lots of anime that may never come out in R1 (Nausicaa), and good asian movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon came out in DVDs months before Region 1 and has english subtitles.
But the most troubling is for North American francophones. We are being denied access to the library of excellent French movies and french translations of foreign movies: La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful) Region 1 DVD did not include a french track, unlike the R2 DVD, the VHS french copy was rental pricing ($80). I have seen the french version at the movies and I liked it much better than the english track which was dubbed with a phony italian-english accent.

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Region Code	How to bypass the DVD region code	Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pompoko	Finding free anime on the internet
Wobbly	DVD	flash memory	Francophone
Nausicaa	Third Ear	Black Books Series 1 DVD	amazon.com
rental priced VHS tapes	ADV	The Work of Director Spike Jonze	British Isles

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