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This question is probably aimed more towards Steel Shark because he is in the industry, but I have a query about whether Xbox will have multi-zoning capabilities.

As in will it be able to play DVDs from other zones other than the US zone... and will it be able to play PAL games as well as NTSC?

I read somewhere that it did, but it may have just been a rumor.

Although I am definately getting my Xbox from the US, I am just concerned that once the Australian version comes out I won't be able to play the games from over here. So I couldn't rent games from the video store or play any local DVDs that I borrow from friends.

In Australia our government made all the DVD manufacturers stop putting multi-zoning in because they were afraid of people buying them overseas (generally cheaper). Although you can buy video recorders that play and record in NTSC... talk about contradicting!

I don't think the zoning issue is a problem in the US cause the US is cheaper than anywhere anyway. So my hope is that I won't have this problem with a US Xbox.

I hope someone can shed some light on this for me.

Abe Babe...