Playing DVDs on Windows and *nix

[Meng Cheah]

James Knott wrote:
> My question is why is the video store selling or renting DVD-R to
> customers?  Sounds to me like it might be a pirate copy.

I know it is not the standard for movies in North America, like VCDs in 
Asia can be legitimate.
I have seen the odd DVD-R movie here, usually from Europe and not the 
big studios. These are not the Hollywood studio movies. Might it not be 
legitimate and not unusual in some countries for independent movies?
These are not the pirated DVDs you see on the selling on the sidewalks,
even they are usually DVDs, not DVD-Rs.

In recent years, I have found the movies available in Toronto more 
diverse and there is much more choice as to origin, language and genre. 
I attribute this to the cultural and ethnic mix of the population as 
well as the sophistication.

That said, in my experience pirated movies are sold more blatantly in 
Canada than some countries in Asia and I'm not trolling :-)

My brother was in Asia and he asked a street vendor of pirated movies 
how was the latest movie starring a local actress (who has achieved 
international fame) selling. The film was released internationally.
The vendor replied that the movie was so bad that he was not stocking it :-)

There you are, supply and demand :-)



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