HD DVD region coding on disc or player?

I have read alot about there is no region coding at the moment for HD DVD.

Is the no region coding setting inside the HD DVD disc content? Or region coding is disable only on the player hardware?

How confident are you that this no region coding thing will continue on HD DVD?

[av-phile]

I'd imagne the confidence is there until an official announcement from the DVD forum says otherwise. And accdg to Amir of M$, that will still take quite a while. And even if it happens, it's not as if current players and titles will become useless. Only the new discs of another region won't in new players locked to a different region And new region locked players can still play old region-free discs. That's my understanding when they say region free players and discs are region free forever

[StooMonster]

Originally Posted by panlee

Is the no region coding setting inside the HD DVD disc content? Or region coding is disable only on the player hardware?

At present...

• There is no region encoding information or data on the HD DVD discs, there is no standard defined for such so it's simply not there
• There is no region encoding reader in the player hardware, similarly there is no standard defined so there is simply no region encoding (for HD DVD discs) rather than it being disabled

StooMonster

[pixelpixel]

Have a look at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD

[peterweg]

Rival HD DVD is trickier. Although video players and drives have been on the market for many months, the DVD Forum has only just now begun exploring the mechanisms and policies necessary to implement HD DVD RPC. This delay, aided by tightlipped promoters, has led to the conceit that HD DVD is somehow "region-less." But, hopefully, the reality that HD DVD RPC will eventually be on the way won't come as a shock. After all, it's inconceivable for the big studios to require RPC for BD without demanding it of its competitor.

This confusing state of HD DVD affairs raises important questions. Why the delay? Is it somehow a ploy to help HD DVD gain early market advantage? Is there something sinister going on behind the scenes? What happens when HD DVD RPC is finally introduced? Will region-encoded movies be compatible with the installed base of players? Will an exemption be made for units sold before a certain date or hardware exchanges or firmware upgrades be offered? Would an exemption or forced upgrade be fair or, if RPC can be enabled through firmware, is the door left wide open to hacking? And, what about HD DVD's region map? Will it be different from BD's? If so, will that add to the confusion or give one format advantage over the other in certain markets? Has anyone bothered to think this through?

By Hugh Bennett - Posted Sep 25, 2006

http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/R...rticleID=11877

[Nic Rhodes]

Originally Posted by StooMonster

At present...

• There is no region encoding information or data on the HD DVD discs, there is no standard defined for such so it's simply not there
• There is no region encoding reader in the player hardware, similarly there is no standard defined so there is simply no region encoding (for HD DVD discs) rather than it being disabled

StooMonster

Is a far more accurate post I think.

[Avi]

Originally Posted by peterweg

By Hugh Bennett - Posted Sep 25, 2006

http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/R...rticleID=11877

And ????

So

"At present...
There is no region encoding information or data on the HD DVD discs, there is no standard defined for such so it's simply not there
There is no region encoding reader in the player hardware, similarly there is no standard defined so there is simply no region encoding (for HD DVD discs) rather than it being disabled
StooMonster"

AVI