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Posted By bluru 8 months ago in Science & TechnologyFrom the very early days of the now distant format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray, supporters of BD knew that there was only one clear advantage that the former had over the latter and that was the lack of region coding. The BDA (Blu-ray Disc Association) adopted region coding for the Blu-ray format that, though less stringent and more intuitive than its DVD predecessor, was and is still a nuisance for collectors in the United States who like to import a lot of titles that often never make their way over here, or, conversely, for those folks in Europe, Australia and New Zealand who like to import their titles from the States because they either come out here earlier or can be had at far cheaper prices, even with shipping and taxes factored in.
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