[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: are CD by region

[Daniel Hauck]

(2009年10月11日 18:23), Fred James wrote:
> All
> Please pardon the OT question, but I don't know who to ask:
>     I know that DVDs are distributed by region and will not play on 
> equipment from a different region
>     How about audio CDs?  Same issue?
> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
> Regards
> Fred James
>   

Short and simple. No.

Audio CDs are not encrypted and not encoded. They are raw bits arranged
in tracks. If it works on some but not all CD players, I would suspect a
broken format CD. I recall some put out by Sony BMG that would install a
rootkit onto your Windows computer but would otherwise refuse to play on
"regular computers." Theoretically, they were supposed to work with all
audio only CD players but that ended up not being the case.