Converting Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-Ray to Region Free Any ideas on how to convert the Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-Ray to Region Free for Blu-Ray DVDs?
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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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Damn, i was planning to buy that!! Still, just because we can't modify it, doesn't mean there's some more official/technical way to modify it, that they're using. It is a good point though.
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As far as I know, you can make it all-region for DVD's ONLY. For blu-ray discs, you can't do anything.
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Thanks Marla. It's just that import-world.com advertised a Panasonic Blu-Ray player that they claim (and guarantee) to be region free - but that might be misleading as it may be region free for DVDs and not Blu-Rays. I will have to call them to make sure. Thanks.
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Again, thanks a lot! It's really helpful to get feedback from an actual owner :)
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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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Yes. After entering the region unlock sequence described in one of the reviews, I am able to view PAL region 2 DVDs in 1080i. (I don't yet have a 1080p display device, so I've not yet verified that personally.)
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I have a Panasonic HDC-SD1 camcorder and the BD60 Blu Ray Player plays the video shot with this camcorder just fine. I'm using an 8 GB SDHC card. Just remove the card from the camcorder and insert in the player front slot. Don't edit or change anything on the video 'cause it won't work. I've used Ulead video studio pro x2 and Cyberlink Power director8 to edit and burn the AVCHD video on DVD and played just fine on the Panasonic BD60. If put the final edited video on the SD card it doesn't work.
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HD DVD has no region codes. Blu-ray has 3, and Australia is in Region B (Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand). See Wikipedia. DVD regions remain the same with both formats and because both are trying to curry favor with studios, there are no region-free high def players, and only HDMI outputs carry upconverted signals. For a quality upconverting region-free player consider Oppo.
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Unlike HD DVD (who has no region code whatsoever for HD DVD discs), Blu-ray is also region-coded. The same thing applies to their playing of DVD discs. DVDs have region coding. So all hi-def players who support DVD must obey the region coding policies.
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According to the the downloaded manual it is not region free, see below: Region management informationBD-VideoThis unit plays BD-Video marked with labels containing theregion code A.DVD-VideoThis unit plays DVD-Video marked with labels containing theregion number "1" or "ALL".
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My Oppo is brough from Amazon, I just goes to site download free region hack that work at any region dvd and blu-ray, i try region b lock disk and work.
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Thanks for that.Questions:1 Are there any known bugs resulting from switching to "region-free"?2 Can it be flipped back to NTSC?
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I own the same player but I bought in Australia. It works fine with Blue-ray Region B and with some Region A discs (I'm not sure why?), but this is not a region free player.
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So my non-hd movies from other regions would be able to play on this player in the upconversions with no problem? Thanks for the info.
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A US BR player can play region free PAL blu rays from uk/europe, but it cannot play PAL dvd's(non-HD) because standard definition is in NTSC for the US.
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The DVD region free/Blu-Ray zone free kit is now available at http://www.bluraychip.dk. This is implemented via a simple ribbon cable insert as was used on the BDP-83.
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It's my understanding that the disks burned by this item are region free. I have never had any problem with them being played on any blu ray player.
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I believe that PAL and NTSC does not apply to digital source data - only when it is converted to analogue (which is becoming obsolete) . That is why DVD makers put in the wretched region codes - to continue to prevent folks in Europe and the US from trading discs. HD it seems is code free.
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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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These players are originally region one. They are actually then modified to be region free by a third part or by the seller. If done correctly they player would be working 100% perfect and there would be no loss in picture quality. It will be up to par as expected. However you must check the sellers background, see how long they have been around and if you can contact them after the sale by phone for support. Most legitamite companies have been around for years I've seen some for 2-3 decades. I did a search on google for region free blu-ray player and purchased mine. It's works great. I had a snag with one disc, and the company sent me some software to fix it very quickly.