I am ordering one. but, before I buy my favorite non USA format dvd's, will this unit play any region Blue Ray dvd's?
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I know that this dvd player is not Blue Ray. I have not tried to play any in there because I do not have any, so I cannot say for sure! I suppose that if it can play them, it would not be with the Blue Ray quality... This dvd player even plays dvd's that are scratched, which otherwise would not work in most other players.
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I'm not sure if it play BluRay discs (I don't own any), but it does play both the English & Australian DVDs we have.
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It plays all region dvd's but not blu ray's.I bought it because I have several dvd's from France that I wanted to play and they work fine. Hope that helps.Thanks
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As far as I know, it's JUST a DVD player...Blu Rays won't play on DVD players but DVD's will play on Blu-Rays. I think the price would be a lot higher if it were a Blu Ray player. Do not buy this if you're looking for a Blu-Ray Player.
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I always thought a Blue Ray player was different from a DVD player. Don't have any blue ray discs so wouldn't know. Sorry can't help you further. But it does play British and U.S. DVD's.
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Yes, it will play DVDs from all regions. I play both Region 1 and 2 DVDs on mine.
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I live in Brazil. I'd like to know if is this blu ray player a Region free for DVDs and bluray discs.
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Hi there - short answer is yes - just hook it up and it'll play any DVD - I play discs from both UK and US on my US TV and they work fine
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"Region free" means you may play DVDs from various regions. That is, rather than playing DVDs from just the USA (as most DVD players sold in the USA do), this unit will play DVDs from other countries as well as those from the USA. I use it to play DVDs of British films/TV shows I can't access in the USA. (Please note that it plays DVDs---but not blu-ray---from other countries.)
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No, this unit is not a region free unit and it will only play region 1 DVDs.
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Hi Rebecca -- I'm an owner, but not an expert. A quick Google search on "region 1 DVDs" took me to the following page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_codeIt looks like this Panasonic player will play Region 1 DVDs, assuming you purchased it in the USA, Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, or US Territories.I do not know if Panasonic (or anyone else) offers codes for playing other regions. Hope this helps!
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Yes, so far, I've played discs from Regions A and B. While the player automatically determines the region of any CD being played, it doesn't do that for blu rays. For these, one must turn off the unit, press either a "1" (for A), "2" (for B), or "3" (for C), then power on. No big deal.
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This unit claims to play all regions. I personally have played American and Chinese DVD's and BluRay's; therefore I am sure it will play UK too. It is a very fine machine that I highly recommend.
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I just put a dvd in and it plays it. I dont have to do anything to it. So no I do not have to chose a region code. It does it all by itself, put in the dvd and push play. I love it so far. I have dvds from America and from other Countries.
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You can play any regular dvd / blue ray / 3d from different region with the same appliance. I'm italian and the european belong to a different region than american once. with this one I can play both region without any worry it's useful 'cause most american dvd have limited language option (english, spanish, french) european once also offer other languages like italian, german and more...
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All bluray players play dvds. And it actually has a region free DVD player.
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Jason: Mine plays NTSC and PAL region free discs fine but anything that is region locked (2, 3, etc) wont play. I played some discs that were marked region 2 pal and they would not play but others also marked region 2 pal played fine as well as region 3. I suspect that, at least in my case, that some of my dvd's might be labeled region 2 or 3 but are in fact all region or region 0. Have you checked anything that you know for sure is region locked? Its very interesting that you are having no issues at all. At least I know that it is NTSC PAL friendly. Otherwise, this player rocks
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Dear dsrussellI live in Brazil, and we are fortunatly in Region Code A, then I wont have problems if I buy it.I saw in your comment that this player plays ALL regions of convencional DVDs, is it btrue??I'm buyng this player next week when a friend of mine wil be in the USA.Please, can you confirm this info to me?thank you very much for your attention.Elton Oliveira
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xavier, I bought this DVD player because I saw it described on another site as being able to play all regions' DVDs. I was disappointed when I tried to watch a DVD from Japan, only to get the "incompatible disc region message". I called Pioneer for clarification and they said it is illegal for U.S. manufacturers to build DVD players that can play any region other than Region 1 (USA). So unfortunately, you will not find one built in this country (legally) that will be compatible with anything else. Additionally, I had the idea to just buy a Japanese DVD player, but after checking Amazon Japan, I think they said it's illegal for them to export DVD players to foreign countries. As far as "unlocking" regions, that would require installing a pirate chip, again illegally, and I don't even know if such a thing exists for this model of DVD player. So I guess I have to become a criminal if I want to watch DVDs unavailable in this country. Good to know our government is protecting us so thoroughly.
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I was told by Samsung that it would play region free blu Ray discs but it will not play discs that are region b. I think it was misleading. To be honest there are no region free blu ray players out there I have tried them all. Hopefully this answers your question.
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Yes, this player plays blu ray discs from regions A,B,and C, as well as DVDs from regions 1 through 6.