Seems like a lot of people are missing one important difference between the formats which is behind the higher sales for HD-DVD of Planet Earth; HD-DVD players currently have no region coding so the US Planet Earth disc can be bought say for playback in Europe for example, whereas the Blu-ray version and players are region coded therefore the Blu-Ray version is US only.
"HD-DVD players currently have no region coding so the US Planet Earth disc can be bought say for playback in Europe for example, whereas the Blu-ray version and players are region coded therefore the Blu-Ray version is US only. "
The Blu-ray version of Planet Earth is not region coded - just as any other Warner title (and Paramount titles + many catalog titles from Sony, Disney, Lionsgate).
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tonyb @ Jun 9th 2007 9:23AM
Seems like a lot of people are missing one important difference between the formats which is behind the higher sales for HD-DVD of Planet Earth; HD-DVD players currently have no region coding so the US Planet Earth disc can be bought say for playback in Europe for example, whereas the Blu-ray version and players are region coded therefore the Blu-Ray version is US only.
tonyb
JLL @ Jun 10th 2007 9:16AM
"HD-DVD players currently have no region coding so the US Planet Earth disc can be bought say for playback in Europe for example, whereas the Blu-ray version and players are region coded therefore the Blu-Ray version is US only. "
The Blu-ray version of Planet Earth is not region coded - just as any other Warner title (and Paramount titles + many catalog titles from Sony, Disney, Lionsgate).