To be honest, I didn't think I would have been able to wait until July. I'm so glad it's out sooner. Though I am a bit confused as to why the UK Boxsets are released so much farther ahead than the ones here in Canada. I'm just curious. Season Seven is released in the UK in April, and we have yet to grasp our hands on Season Six. Strange. Well, bye for now.

The UK has a weaker syndication market. Waiting is more profitable in the US. Also, the market price is higher, so the European releases can be used to recover the DVD authoring costs more rapidly than in Region 1. (The X-Files, for example, is one of the more expensive shows in Region 1. Part of that is recovering the DVD authoring costs, designing menus and such, which only have to be coded for different regions when sold overseas.)

Having been a fan of Buffy for some time now, I don't know what the difference between Region 1 and Region 2. Why can't a Region 2 copy of Buffy work in a Region 1 DVD Player. Is it Letter Box, or is it just the time zone???

It's price fixing. Unless you're in Switzerland (where Region coding is illegal, the government having decided it's unfair to the consumer) your DVD player is only coded to play DVDs produced in your region. So, if you're in the UK, you have to pay twice as much money for your average DVD than Canadians pay for the same product.

Now I understan the difference, but why does only Region 2 get their DVD's in Letterbox. Not that I want it of coourse (cuts of half the screen) but I'm just curious. I'm new to the world of DVD's.

In Buffy's case, Joss insists on releasing his shows in the intended aspect ratio, which means that "Once More With Feeling" is the only episode with any chance of a widescreen release. Angel should be widescreen as of season three (which is out, but I don't have it yet to confirm this), and Firefly was widescreen the entire time. In many cases, it depends on which masters are available for a given show. I have no idea why Europe would get widescreen releases and we'd get letterbox, though.

Also, you say you don't want Letterbox because it cuts the screen in half. Do you realize that the alternative is to cut the image in half? (I'm a big fan of seeing the movie as the filmmakers intended, which generally means letterboxing.)

Angel should be widescreen as of season three (which is out, but I don't have it yet to confirm this)

I've never been more anxious to know the release date for season Seven. If anybody knows, or knows where to find it, let me no.

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