as the DVD forum said, nothing's sure yet: they may go region coding, they may not. It may only be a proposal for now, but on the other hand it (region coding) hasn't been ruled out either. My main point about BD's region coding has already been set from the start and you know what to expect. Remember, it's the studios who determine/impose region coding, not the hardware manufacturers. After all without the movies/software the DVD/HD DVD/BD formats (or any other modern digital format) wouldn't even exist. Even Microsoft themselves experimented with active DRM (even worse than region coding) on thier short-lived WMV-HD DVD's where HTPC owners have to download license keys in order for the discs to play, and needless to say M$ doesn't allow people located outside the US to download the keys unless you use some kind of proxy server to get around the IP address check.