[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: are CD by region

[Fred James]

Daniel Hauck wrote:
> (2009年10月11日 18:23), Fred James wrote:
>   
>> All
>> Please pardon the OT question, but I don't know who to ask:
>>     I know that DVDs are distributed by region and will not play on 
>> equipment from a different region
>>     How about audio CDs?  Same issue?
>> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
>> Regards
>> Fred James
>>   
>>     
>
> Short and simple. No.
>
> Audio CDs are not encrypted and not encoded. They are raw bits arranged
> in tracks. If it works on some but not all CD players, I would suspect a
> broken format CD. I recall some put out by Sony BMG that would install a
> rootkit onto your Windows computer but would otherwise refuse to play on
> "regular computers." Theoretically, they were supposed to work with all
> audio only CD players but that ended up not being the case.
>   
Daniel Hauck
Thank you
Regards
Fred James