LG BD300 Region Free?? Is there any foreseeable way to make this player Region Free?
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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 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 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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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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Mathew, To change Blu-ray regions, turn the player on and remove any discs. Press home to go to setup menu, then press 8, 5, 2, 0 to get to the factory settings. Select BD region code and press 1, 2, or 3 for regions A, B, or C, then exit with the Home button. This has to be done whenever you use Blu-Ray discs from different zones. DVD's should already have region 0 selected so you can play any of them without doing anything. I have lots of region 2 DVD's from the UK, and even a Mike Oldfield concert encoded for regions 3, 4, and 6 which I just stick them in and play them anytime. It's a great little player. I love mine, and I think you will too once you get familiar with it. It even has features many big name brand machines don't offer, like multi-speed slo-mo and A-B repeat. Enjoy, Woody
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No. Many Blu-rays are NOT region encoded; you can check yours to see if they have an A/B/C designation. If not, you are good to go on Blu-ray.If region is an issue for your collection, you can check out hacks like this to make your player region free: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/panasonic-dmp-bd65/10861 (similar model)If you have DVDs you want to play back, you will run into PAL (Europe) vs NTSC (US) issues even if you apply a region code hack like this. You would have to search for a firmware hack to play PAL DVDs.
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My region 2 DVDs play fine. Make sure you have the region-free version of the BDX1400 and not the regular BDX1400.
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No, to my knowledge the player is not region free nor can it be modified to enable it to play other region DVDSAmazon sells a Yamaha multi region capable player that I have which is excellent but it is not a portable DVDS player.
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As far as I know they are all region free out of the box. I read it somewhere down the line that they can play all regions from the get go.
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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. 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... » Read More 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. « Show Less
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No. Many Blu-rays are NOT region encoded; you can check yours to see if they have an A/B/C designation. If not, you are good to go on Blu-ray. If region is an issue for your collection, you can check out hacks like this to make your player region free: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/panasonic-dmp-bd65/10861 (similar model) If you have DVDs you want to play back, you will run into PAL (Europe) vs NTSC (US) issues even if you apply a region code hack like this. You would have to search for a firmware hack to play PAL DVDs.
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If region is an issue for your collection, you can check out hacks like this to make your player region free: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/panasonic-dmp-bd65/10861 (similar model)I have tried this hack with a couple of Panasonic DVD / BD players with success to make DVD into region free.But, for some reason, I couldn't hack with DMP-BD75.when the power to the unit is turned on, home screen appears. when pressing 1, 2, 3, ..9 the first press 1, it recognize as OK button or something. anyway, maybe this BD can not be hacked.
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I don't understand what you mean by "region free". This is just a portable DVD player that can be used to play DVDs. I use it in my home and it works well.
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Yes, I've tested the player and it does play region one and region two. I have not played any other regions (three or four).
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No It is not region free at least if purchased in USA. Inserting different region DVD will Say "CAN NOT PLAY" on TV and DVD Screen. If you want to make it region free, you must purchase a firmware upgrade that does that. Search Google for player model and region free firmware. The group of people that offer that don't do that for free though. I accidently stumbled on their site discussion researching this player before purchasing it. It takes lots of testing to develop firmware, so I guess if you are interested you can pay for that. But keep in mind, "Region Free" will output PAL TV signal (different frame rate and frame size) to your TV. It (TV) also must be able to handle that, not just DVD player. Player will not convert PAL DVDs for example into NTSC signal. You can also find this player with region free firmware on ebay.
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I'm not sure if this will help this problem, but LG does have a new firmware update for this player. It can be found on their website LG_BD_7303M51.ROM. It's a pretty recent update that came out on 12/5/12 so it may fix the problem. Here's the link: http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-BP200#
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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.