LG BD570 Network Blu-ray Disc Player - can this play mkv files? to anyone who has this blu ray player, can it play mkv files 4gb and bigger?is the dvd region free?thanks in advance :)
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Never tried that... But I don't see why not. It's probably easier for you to just copy it to a USB drive, no?
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Yes, you can play MKV video larger than 4GBs if the USB stick is formatted as NTFS. If the USB drive is formatted as FAT32, you have a 4GB limitation. If you burn to disc, then there seems to be about a 2GB limitation.It does play PAL if it is a region free disc. I tried to play a Region 2 disc and it didn't recognize it.
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The answer is YES. The MKV files look great on dvd, because this thing upconverts the file back up to hd. It's like watching blu-ray. WAY BETTER than watching an upconverted STANDARD DVD.
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That is how I burn MKV to a DVD-R disc--as a DATA disc. Then when it comes up, I select it and it plays, unless it happens to be something the LG doesn't like. There are a few videos in MKV containers it will not play on disc but will play on a USB stick.
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It can play MKV files of any size (supports FAT32 & NTFS). Don't think it's region free...
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iburned a mkv file to a DVDR. when i tried to play it, the LG 570 displayed it is a "data disk" and then showed the opening menu. what am I doing wrong?
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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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Hi Kamar, you can only play Region Code (BD): A and Region Code (DVD): 1. Discs from Bangladesh can't be played on this Blu-ray player. -Vincent
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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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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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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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Dear S Mitra, my unit (BDX1400) will NOT play european (PAL) DVDs. It ejects them with the message "Wrong Region"Am I doing something wrong? How do you make it work?
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If it plays PAL, does that mean that the region coding can be overridden? That I can finally buy DVDs from overseas without a hitch? Let me know. Thanks.
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Paulo!I Live in Brasil, and fortunatly the region code of the blue ray is the same of the USA, but the standard DVD's for us is coded region 4.Do you know if it is possible to unlock the Standard DVD codes? and left as region zero(all regions)Please if you have the answer by e mail eltondeoliveira@hotmail.comI'm making this question because I intend to buy this player in USA ( here in Brasil the price is US 2,300.00 do you believe that? and is the previously model !!!Best regardsElton
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Does anybody have any insight for how this performs with documentaries? I read one really insistent review that bashes the LG BD370 performance with 1080i, but I'd like to hear if anybody has practical experience. Most of my Blu Ray discs are BBC documentaries, so if it looks horrid, I'd like to know. How does it compare to standard dvds? Thanks!
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No, I did my research after reading your question, and it looks like Blu-Ray uses a "region coding" system similar to DVD players.But if you're desperate to play PAL DVDs, Amazon's independent sellers have a lot of players that are region free, and you can get them for cheap. I got one for $50, and it's played any DVD I've thrown at it, regardless of region.
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Did you ever find out if it would play PAL format DVDs? I wonder it as well, i have one and i want to buy something on PAL format but i am afraid that once i buy it the player will not play them. Anyone know?
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I am not sure. I have a region 4 which is for mexico and it would not play. I can change something in setup for where the disc was made but that didn't seem to do anything. it might be locked to region 1. whether this can be changed I don't know. I couldn't really find any info on LG's website. sorry
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I don't know what programs you have tried, but use the LG software first to make the BD readable and playable, then you need to use a blue ray playing program such as Roxio or Power DVD etc.
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I haven't used this feature much, but it has played an MKV file via a thumb drive on the USB port. I don't remember which audio/video codecs that MKV used. The Samsung page on it says that it plays "MPEG-2, MPEG-4, JPEG, DivX HD, AVCHD, MKV, WMV" formats. http://www.samsung.com/us/video/blu-ray-dvd/BD-F5100/ZA-specs Hope that helps, -Dan
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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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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