People who bought HD DVD Players are happy with their purchase even if this format has already been declared to be obsolete. One of the reasons is that the HD DVD format does not include region coding. Region coding means that if you are on vacation in Europe or Asia for example and you buy a DVD disc, the region coding bars your US DVD player from playing the disc that you bought. With no region coding, your HD DVD player can read movie discs no matter what part of the world it came from. This is one feature that many movie lovers like with their HD DVD player.