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Which had "stupid geographical restrictions"

Once you have a player and a disk, you are able to move with them wherever you want.

You still had to deal with PAL <-> NTSC issues.

No problem, you just bring your TV with you when you travel. /s

Computers aren't much better here. You can't display either a PAL or NTSC movie properly on a 60fps display because neither 24 or 50 divide into that.

Multi-region players were always available. Many players could also be made region-free by a “secret” remote control button sequence.

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