Criteria A dvd region coding

Criteria A

In today’s world of entertainment, there are virtually 2 sides of the world, region 1, and region 2 (there are 8 in total however, region 1 and 2 are the largest). Region coding was first purposed when products such as movies, were not released simultaneously around the world, thus by region coding them, it wouldn’t be possible to play that same movie in an area which the movie was not released.

However, today region coding has come to be a nuisance that people have to deal with, due to the fact that media is released simultaneously around the world. Region coding creates issues due to the fact that region coding will make a DVD useless unless it is played with a DVD player which is compatible with that region, and as more and more people order online or travel, region coding can prove to be an issue (DVD Region Codes - What You Need To Know). This is also an issue for manufacturers, when producing the DVD’s they must create other DVD’s with different region coding in order to insure worldwide sales.

This is an issue of globalization due to the fact that it is affecting the growth of globalization and limiting the spread of media between these region code areas. As entertainment in the form of movies, or games becomes more of a worldwide leisure pursuit, due to globalization, region coding sets boundaries of where customers are able to use the product they have purchased.

The future of entertainment will hopefully have no boundaries, and will be fully accessible to anyone in the world and compatible anywhere in the world.

Silva, Robert. "DVD Region Codes - What You Need To Know." about. 24 Jan. 2009

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