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?

This sponsored post is produced by Leawo. “Is there any region free Blu-ray player software that I can use on any Blu-ray drive and the player can do the rest?” For Blu-ray movie buffs, this problem ...

I trust that this is the correct forum for this posting if not please feel free to relocate to the correct one.<BR><BR>I can agree with the movie companies for imposing DVD region coding to ensure ...

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 ...