There are/were patches available that would convert your (computer) DVD drive to region free, allowing it to play discs with any region code.

Wolf, I've always thought that your portentious pronunciamentos  were at least halfway playfully tongue in cheek but sometimes I wonder.

I'm pretty sure that not all of the 37.8 million hits on buy VHS aren't obsolete, and maybe, just maybe, there are people who find buying an inexpensive VHS copy of a movie preferable to buying the DVD - if you can find it, or downloading - if you can find it.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken