Is Panasonic DMP-BD60 All Region Zone free Blu-Ray DVD Player Universal Voltage?? I am planning to buy the above item, Panasonic DMP-BD60 All Region Zone free Blu-Ray DVD Player to use in Europe. In Europe we have 220V / 50Hz voltage. I was just wondering if this BD player would support European voltage. Thanks.. Is Panasonic DMP-BD60 All Region Zone free Blu-Ray DVD Player Universal Voltage?? I am planning to buy the above item, Panasonic DMP-BD60 All Region Zone free Blu-Ray DVD Player to use in Europe.... » Read More Is Panasonic DMP-BD60 All Region Zone free Blu-Ray DVD Player Universal Voltage?? I am planning to buy the above item, Panasonic DMP-BD60 All Region Zone free Blu-Ray DVD Player to use in Europe. In Europe we have 220V / 50Hz voltage. I was just wondering if this BD player would support European voltage. Thanks.. « Show Less
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The USA model will only accept 120V power. There are some merchants who will include a 220V transfomer to allow you to use it overseas. You must check the item listing if a transformer is included (some merchants charge extra for the transformer). Otherwise, it will be only for USA locations.
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I bought this region free bluray player and asked for the voltage to the seller, and this was his response: "We already have listed this model DMP-BD60 available which works on both 120 and 220 volt system. You can check it out on our amazon listing.Thank you,Sales8222"I hope it helps
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From my experience with most of the Sony devices I bought from the USA, they support dual voltage. Specific to this product, I guess "Sony DVD player owner"s reply answers this question.
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No, it doesnt. The term universal is for formats played and not for region encoding. It is locked to the North America region for Blu Ray and DVD's (A and 1). For region code unlocking you will need to buy a separate hardware or software mod to do so. The hardware mod will make it permanent albeit more expensive. The software mod will need to be re-applied whenever there is a firmware upgrade.
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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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HD DVD players are region free only if you use HD DVD disks, since the HD DVD standart does not have region limitations. If you play standard DVD disks, it's still locked for one region.
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Thread 95245 on forum.blu-ray.com has an extremely helpful and complete discussion of the subject http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=95245 In short some will do and others won't. As some have stated already region codes (0-1 for DVD or A-C for BD) and format (resolution (480 or 576) and frame rate (50 Hz, 60 Hz)) are all independent issues that the player (and user) has to deal with. If your disk's frame rate is 50 Hz and your player will accept it's region code, then there are several ways of solving the issue and several ways you could get stuck with not being able to view the content of your disk on your tv. Your player could react in one of three ways: 1. It could plainly refuse to play the disk (some show "no play" on their front display) 2. It could play the content and output a 50 Hz signal (which your receiver and tv might or might not be able to handle) 3. It could play the content, convert it for you, and output a 60 Hz signal (this would be the easiest and most convenient for all users as any US receiver and tv would be able to display that signal without further processing) For further technical detail please refer to the following pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code#PAL.2FSECAM_vs._NTSC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Video
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Sony BDP-S350Ian Fawn-Meade. How can you make copy of DVD region free? I have a US Sony BDP-S350 unit and I'm reading the USA device, you cannot make it region free. Is that correct? I so guess I can at least make the DVD region free but I'm afraid the picture quality will suffer. I really appreciate your response!!!
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Otto, The answer is yes for most but not all. go this site to check if your player is listed. http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks I think region 0 is the setting for all regions. Good luck. EdCherif
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One thing is the DVD region. Another thing is it's format.The region doesn't determine the format.For example, DVD's made in Australia and Latin America are region 4, but they differ in the format (PAL in Australia, NTSC in Latin America). In Argentina, both formats (PAL and NTSC) are used for region 4 DVD's.So, a DVD/BRD player may be "region free", but american ones may not be able to play 50 Hz content (576i@50Hz or 1080i@50Hz)
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Panasonic Support response to my question: I am hearing that Netflix will not be available for the DMP-BD70V. Does this mean that the DMP-BD70V is an obsolete machine and will not receive new updates and services as they become available?Thank you for your inquiry.The 2010 Blu Ray players models will have the NetFlix feature by default. There are no current updates available for our 2009 or earlier models to add this feature. Please continue to check our website for firmware updates. Current release for new Blu Ray players is Spring 2010.We hope this information is helpful to you. Thank you for contacting Panasonic. Panasonic Support response to my question: I am hearing that Netflix will not be available for the DMP-BD70V. Does this mean that the DMP-BD70V is an obsolete machine and will not receive new updates and services as they become available?Thank you for your inquiry.The 2010 Blu Ray players models will have the NetFlix feature by default. There are no current updates available for our 2009 or earlier models to add this feature. Please continue to check our website for firmware updates. Current release for new Blu Ray players is Spring 2010.We hope this... » Read More Panasonic Support response to my question: I am hearing that Netflix will not be available for the DMP-BD70V. Does this mean that the DMP-BD70V is an obsolete machine and will not receive new updates and services as they become available?Thank you for your inquiry.The 2010 Blu Ray players models will have the NetFlix feature by default. There are no current updates available for our 2009 or earlier models to add this feature. Please continue to check our website for firmware updates. Current release for new Blu Ray players is Spring 2010.We hope this information is helpful to you. Thank you for contacting Panasonic. « Show Less
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I just had a live chat with Panasonic and it is region encoded (the CSR said all their Blu-Ray players are region encoded) to region 1 for DVD and region A for Blu-Ray disks. HTH!
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i have a sony dvp-ns57p i get the error message stating play back limited prohibited by area limitationsany suggetions on how this can be unlocked? Thanks I live in the us and I assume that this dvd player is a region one. Thanks
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dragger, Samsung Blu-Ray players sold in the United States will support DVD Region 1/Open/All. They will also support Blu-Ray "Region A". The limits are placed by the copyright owner, based on the number of regions that copyright holder wishes the content to be played in. If the copyright owner wants DVD Regions 1, 2 and 5 to be allowed, but not 3, 4 or others, they can add that limitation - let's refer to them as "flags" - onto the disc. The player will check for the "right flags", and if the correct region is allowed, the player will play the content. If the wrong flag says, "no, you can't show this content in this region", the player will reject the content. DVDs may use one code (a single region), a combination of codes (multi-region), every code (which includes all regions) or no codes (region free). Does that help explain how region codes manage content? If not, let us know and we'll be happy to explain. --Mr. S
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Yes, this player is region free and plays both DVDs and Blu-ray discs from any country. You don't have to make or change any settings. You simply insert the disc from any country and it will play the dvds or discs from any country on any TV.
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P. Marla, I just saw your post and replied in the other thread. Yes most places are selling reigon free for blu-ray and for standard DVDS. There are a number of sites on the internet. One was mentioned above, and many others if you just do a google search for region free blu-ray dvd player. Post here if you need more info. I have a player that is working great with Region A & B blu-rays as well as all standard DVDs. So far don't have a region C to test.
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Bishop,Have you check dvdhelp.com under "dvd hacks" for the region free hack of this player? I did that for my Philips dvp5982 which require using your remote control to bring out the hidden menu of the player to reset the region code to "0". After that you can play all dvds without the region restriction.
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bluraychip.dk says that DVD and BR will be regionfree, but what´s up with region coded CD / SACD ? will they be playable also? thanks for information... ;-)