因為日本人自大,崇洋所以和歐洲同一區他也爽嘛.........
分區怎麼會有種族歧視的問題呢?像分區本來只有五區,因為中國人很偉大,所以自成一區啊(六區).........

分區儘管有許多理由, 當初還不是以防盜拷為最高指導原則嗎?
結果好像證明此路不通...
跟電腦程式軟體一樣, 以犧牲正版使用者權益來嘗試禁絕盜版, 最終還是以謀取最高不管得當或不得當之利益為目的. 犧牲正版使用者權益則謂之惡!
保護票房是煙幕彈啦.

To Afeaanpv:
那是因為中國大陸再美商八大心目中,一直是盜版最嚴重的地區,所以才設定為單獨的第六區,但是效果如何我想大家是有目共睹的.事實上,以最新的REC規格,總共設有八個區.

其實算不算是原就有八個區了呀？
我記得看到的第七區是保留區，
第八區是飛機上咧…

區碼!!??保護當地票房!!??
連網購或直接平行輸入都有人"光明正大"在做了,
那些東東說穿了還不只是"利益"兩個字!!!
Haha.....r1r2r3r4.....以後是不是每部片買完還得等著八大寄一份專有
密碼給你才能正常播映ㄚ!!!!!??????
區碼,老早就是個"公開的騙局"了!!!!!!!!!!!

The European Union launched an investigation into DVD pricing in Europe Monday. Specifically, the system of region coding has come into question as a possible means of unfair pricing.
Part of the DVD specifications outlined as part of the format is a region coding to be included on discs. Countries selling DVDs are divided into six regions (North America being Region 1, Europe Region 2, etc.) DVDs encoded for a certain region could only be played on players designed for playback in that region.
Film companies maintain that the current system of dividing the world into six regions makes it easier to combat piracy and to manage royalty collection. But that system has led to DVDs in some countries being priced 50 percent to 75 percent higher than in other countries. For instance, DVD movies in Europe and Australia are generally priced between $32 and $45, compared with average retail prices of $20 to $26 for the same titles in the U. S.
Although the probe is investigating European pricing, Hollywood studios are the most effected by the probe. So far, Disney has agreed to cooperate fully, and other studios are expected to do the same soon. Although it's unlikely that region coding is going to disappear anytime soon, the potential effect on the studios may lead to some economic changes in DVD sales in the future.

整理一下:
(1)只有八大有設區碼, 非八大的片子因沒有區碼, 自然就是全區啦!
(2)區碼目前有6區, REC更近一步將其分為8區!
(3)區碼設計的可能原因很多, 但沒有一個是站在消費者立場的;
如"區碼之分最主要還是要保護當地票房"
或"防盜拷"
或"八大的一個籌碼(這樣就不怕「真品平行輸入」會造成太大的影響在跟影片代理商談授權金與拆帳費用也可以談得高些)"
或
(4)分區的原則與理由大家意見莫終一是, 日本為甚麼與歐洲同一區, 台灣為甚麼與港不同區, 八大當然有他們的理由, 只是我們都在猜測罷了...
(5)分區對消費者不利, 是這個討論串比較多數的意見, 雖然有些人認為也沒影響...
(6)區碼可能取消嗎? 有人認為八大不會那麼容易低頭, 我們拭目以待吧...

如有錯誤, 請告知, TKS!

台灣和香港同樣都是三區的，少數被不長進代理商搞砸的片子，可以從香港尋求較好的規格

如果看過之前的討論串
事實上是有第七區
是屬於航空器,船舶之類的區

有趣的是,設區碼的主要目的並非防拷,(因防拷是用其他方法)
主要目的是為了防止影響票房,但平行輸入此法一出,
好像這種東西也沒啥屁用
而且一些舊片根本沒有播映順序的問題,再設區碼似乎是畫蛇添足,

而既然加了區碼，又來個RCE，一片雙碼，不知是原先區碼設計太爛，
還是哥倫比亞太閒

所以問題就在於八大只想壟斷,賺取其所謂「合理」的利潤
而直接把消費者當成待宰羔羊

希望這次歐盟的行動能讓他們收斂點