Modifications will become smarter or at least allow both automatic and manual Region selection. The less techno-literate will suddenly discover that the discs they bought in America on their recent holiday don't work in their player, and they are going to want to know why. This will bring the issue of Region Coding to the fore in the minds of Joe and Jill Public instead of just in the minds of Joe and Jill Videophile, and will mean that there will be a groundswell of opposition to this practice that the studios will not be able to control. We now live in a very consumerist society, and anti-consumer measures such as this are doomed to fail. Here is a list of players that have been reportedly tested with The Patriot R1.
All players listed are auto-switching players unless otherwise noted.
XV-515 OK, but you may have to insert a standard R1 disc first. JVC XVM-555 OK, but you may have to insert a standard R1 disc first. JVC XVD-705 OK, but you have to insert a standard R1 disc first. OK Lenoxx DVD-9000 Fails. OK Onkyo DV-C600 Fails.