Comments on: An Experiment in Globalization: Results http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/culture/an-experiment-in-globalization-results/ European Opinion Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Doug http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/culture/an-experiment-in-globalization-results/#comment-16125 Doug Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:03:09 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=2711#comment-16125 MH, no I don't think this is new. Doesn't make it any less annoying. Agree also on the wholesale stupidity of regional coding for DVDs. There's bound to be an enormous literature on the use of standards as protectionist barriers. MH, no I don’t think this is new. Doesn’t make it any less annoying.

Agree also on the wholesale stupidity of regional coding for DVDs.

There’s bound to be an enormous literature on the use of standards as protectionist barriers.

]]> By: Michael M. http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/culture/an-experiment-in-globalization-results/#comment-16124 Michael M. Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:21:29 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=2711#comment-16124 Well, there are region-free players of indeterminate legality, but your point still stands. It's ridiculous. Even more frustrating are problems within the EU. I don't want to get into it because I need to watch my blood pressure, but I've been repeatedly surprised at how many companies still operate on a strictly national basis and how difficult even the most rudimentary attempts at shopping can be. Well, there are region-free players of indeterminate legality, but your point still stands. It’s ridiculous.

Even more frustrating are problems within the EU. I don’t want to get into it because I need to watch my blood pressure, but I’ve been repeatedly surprised at how many companies still operate on a strictly national basis and how difficult even the most rudimentary attempts at shopping can be.

]]> By: Maynard Handley http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/culture/an-experiment-in-globalization-results/#comment-16123 Maynard Handley Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:39:37 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=2711#comment-16123 You think this is anything new? There are at least some people who, when visiting other parts of the world, want to buy DVDs. (Eg expats visiting family in Britain who want to buy the box set of the British _The Office_.) But, of course, DVD region coding prevents them from doing so. When I visited South Africa a few months ago I spent maybe $800 on CDs with music from my younger days that I can't get in the US. If CDs were region coded, that's money that would never have been spent. You think this is anything new?
There are at least some people who, when visiting other parts of the world, want to buy DVDs. (Eg expats visiting family in Britain who want to buy the box set of the British _The Office_.) But, of course, DVD region coding prevents them from doing so.

When I visited South Africa a few months ago I spent maybe $800 on CDs with music from my younger days that I can’t get in the US. If CDs were region coded, that’s money that would never have been spent.

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