DVDs (and Blu-Rays), and their players, are region-locked, meaning that you can't play discs coded for a different region on your region-locked player, but why?

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BBC article on speculation that manufacturers may abandon Region Coding for DVD players, that annoying system in which DVDs from one part of the world won’t work in players elsewhere. Read Share this ...

Close-Up of a DVD tray open with a disc visible in the slot - Silverjohn/Getty Images In their heyday, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs had region codes that would only allow them to play in devices from the ...