Talk:DVD region code

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Added "Criticism" section

In addition to the legal issues, which are very interesting, there should be a section on general criticism. Many criticisms have been voiced on this talk page without taking this appropriate step. The section could definitely be better developed, so I invite editors to contribute to it.94.222.208.225 (talk) 18:18, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Yabut, you're duplicating information already found in the article. The ACCC paragraph is fine. Your ref simply makes it better (now with four, instead of three, Australian refs). The "Legal concerns" section could legitimately be retitled "Criticism", however section titles should not be changed for "light and transient reasons" as they are linked to off Wikipedia. My point is: These are all about the same organization that has the concern: ACCC. These references should all be kept together in the article, for the reader to understand that this one org has four separate cited concerns. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 18:56, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. The information was not redundant, because that section is still limited to "legal concerns," a very specific criticism. Many voices on this talk page have voiced other criticisms, yet there is no space to include them. I am not aware of any guideline where sources should be confined to one section. Yes, let's find additional sources- shouldn't be too hard. The problem is the section now is so narrowly focused as to discourage developing it. I agree, let's either retitle the section or have a new one, but the old version does not make sense. Either solution is better than just reverting.94.222.212.140 (talk) 03:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I found some additional sources (Washington Post article, etc.) and expanded the section into a "Criticism and Legal Concerns" section. I hope this solution finds consensus. Also the discussion of legal concerns includes the situation in Australia, New Zealand and the European Union - all with refs.94.222.212.140 (talk) 04:38, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

For the record: I agree with 94.222.xxx.xxx's concerns about "the legal concerns" section, and I agree it should be widened (with sources). The current changes I agree with, as they contain cited sources. I am not against adding info, I am only against redundancy for the reader of the article. Now that the section is expanded to "Criticism and Legal Concerns" I say, "Have at it", just give me a source. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 17:01, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Delete this sentence?

In the article it says "On Feb. 7, 2001, NASA sent two multiregion DVD players to the International Space Station.[26]" While true it's neither informative, illustrative or actually all that interesting. Unlike the former sentence "In March 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a "wrong region" message on a screen when attempting to watch a DVD set of classic American movies received as a diplomatic gift from US President Barack Obama.[25]" which clearly illustrates a criticism. Why is the NASA sentence there? RamdomWolf 198.96.34.35 (talk) 18:49, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

What DVD region is French Guiana?

is it "part of France" and thus Region 2, or is it part of "South America" and thus in Region 4? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.125.229 (talk) 03:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

According to the article, as a French overseas territory, French Guiana is presumably region 2, although the DVD region information listed on Amazon.co.uk lists French Guiana as Region 4 (See: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=502554). Jammycaketin (talk) 18:48, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

I noticed someone has written that South America except French Guiana is Region 4. Is there a reference for this? As I wrote above, I found French Guiana specifically listed under Region 4 on Amazon.co.uk, although I don't know if there are any sources to suggest otherwise. Please add a reference if you can, otherwise I would suggest that the 'except' be deleted and a reference to the Amazon page added. Thank you. Jammycaketin (talk) 10:13, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Please read the article you cited more carefully. The "french overseas territories" categorization is for BluRay region coding and not for DVD region codes. The article you reference specifically lists French Guiana as region 4.