1.   In fact, in Europe, modified DVD players that can play disks from every region of the world are pretty common.

2.   Current models, dubbed DVD-II, can play those disks and are twice as fast, besides.

3.   Divx players, on the other hand, will be able to play DVD disks.

4.   If one were to play the disks like a video game, the object would be to avoid tedium with fast maneuvering at the selection menu.

5.   It remains unclear whether early-model DVD-ROM drives will play rewriteable DVD disks when they eventually arrive.

6.   Regular DVD machines cannot play Divx disks, but Divx machines can play regular DVD disks, which is an advantage.

7.   The music CD is an international format that lets you play any disk on any player anywhere in the word.

8.   The resulting audio CD disk could be played in a standard home or car stereo.

9.   To play Divx disks, the machine has to be registered and connected to a central computer that monitors transactions.

10.   The expensive player that you have carefully shipped overseas will thus be useless except to play the disks you have bought in Southeast Asia!