Letters to the Editor
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I buy pirate DVDs.
I've lived in 4 different countries and 4 different DVD regions. I have about 100 legitimately bought DVDs and a DVD player in my car that won't play them because I now live in the wrong region. So, whenever my kids are watching Tom and Jerry (found pirated on every street corner in Russia) instead of the many educational DVDs we own, I feel lots of anger towards the Video industry. I hope they lose lots of money thanks to the stupid regional encoding.
Pirate DVDs are never region encoded. I know that whatever country I'm in, they'll play. My experience is that the quality is good.
And, of course, to sell American movies in China, you have to dub or subtitle them. That limits the market.
PS, anyone know how to hack the panasonic in-car DVD player that comes factory installed in a Chevy Trail blazer? I'll be forever in your debt.