Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
Films are often released on DVD in the US before they are shown in UK cinemas.

One of the reasons for the iniquitous region system.
That's why a lot of folks are doing home theatre PC's now. With most DVD-ROM drives, region coding doesn't matter a whit. Also, if you watch carefully in the discount shops (like Wal-Mart here in the US, or whatever their UK version is for some of you) you'll find that some of the cheaper no-name brand DVD players are region free (but they tend to go quick)