Region Coding and Piracy.

[sherlockisback]

Region coding also affects the ability for computers to read certain types of compressed video files in different areas of the world.

Case in point, we here at my work in the U.S. have had difficulty reading files that come in a different frame rate. NTSC frames at 29.97 frames/sec. PAL comes in at less of a frame rate, I believe around 25 or 27 last I checked. The Final Cut Pro computers at work cannot interpret the data properly, even after decompression and deinterlacing when a file is FTPed. Frankly, this whole region thing is a nothing more than a royal pain for all forms of media, if you ask me.

[Gaffer]

Yes. Hopefully, the advent of High Def will ensure that we move towards a more "universal" format......something like 720p60 (60 fields per sec) or in the future 1080p60 (currently we have 1080p24/25/30 .....again, 3 choices where we should instead have just settled on one if that were possible).