Blu-ray to be compatible across countries

[Gizmo]

Sony decides to abandon regional differences between discs, players in U.S. and Japan.

Blu-ray Disc players and movies expected on sale later this year in Japan and the U.S. will share the same region code, Sony said Thursday.

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[cloasters]

That's good news, maybe it will give them a leg up over the other competing standard--HD-DVD-- for 'mega-capacity' discs. How important is this for the consumer? Players for both form factors will be hella expensive, only high rollers will buy either of them.

[noob]

Maybe they have finally realised that it doesn't matter if they do or not. How long before a multi region player hit the market?

I only see it as a marketing ploy. The same with MS putting HD-DVD into Xboxes and Sony blu ray players in the PS3

[aghastpumpkin]

The movie companies won't like this.