Region 4 Winners and Losers

    This DVD is region coded for Regions 2, 4 and 5 so I am presuming that it is the same DVD that I saw available for sale in the United Kingdom recently - although that Region 2 release comes in a snapper case. There is a Region 3 release from Taiwan that has been available for some time which is well and truly surpassed by both this release and the recent Region 1 release. You can check the comparison between the Region 3 and Region 1 release at http://www.beaver.com. The Region 1 release seems to be virtually identical in all respects to the Region 4 release other than language and subtitle options (and video formats of course). The Region 1 release does however come in a snapper case. All things considered, there is little to choose between the Region 1 and Region 4 releases, so go with whichever is the cheapest - which would likely be the Region 4 which I would anticipate will have a street price around the $16-17 mark at the K-Marts and Big Ws.