I know it's not ask BK day, but if I don't ask this now, I'll forget...If we can make all region DVDs and we can make all region DVD players, why aren't they just standard? Wouldn't it make life so much more simpler? I mean I can play records and CDs I buy in Britain, why not the same for DVDs?
We just watched Laurence Olivier's famous Chicester Festival production Uncle Vanya, a filmed theatre performance with Joan Plowright, Michael Redgrave, Sybil Thorndike, Rosemary Harris, Max Adrian, Lewis Casson from 1962 that I had taped off Bravo years ago when it was still an Arts station.
Just watching this magnificent record of theatrical greatness, plus seeing all the really terrific shows they were promoing makes me mourn for what we had on Cable not all that many years ago and makes me angry how Cable has wasted its potential and how all these stations like Bravo and A&E and others abandoned their orignial mission and intent to pimp for the 21-49 year old market. It's a crime that we have no cable station dedicated to true Arts programming and showing rare gems like this any more. It was in glorious black and white and run with no commercial interruptions too!