region free? But is that something that must be changed manually or is the player already set for this feature?
670433
Mine was shipped with region code set to 1 (US & Canada). With the Remote control press setup and then press 9210, it will display a menu with region code (default - 1) Enter 0 to make it region free. :-)
1005431
I don't know. The Region 2 DVDs played without any problems. I hacked a previous Yamaha that I still own, but again, only played Region 2 DVDs. I like British detective/mysteries so that' s why I want a Region 2 player. I own some Japanese DVDs but Japan is in Region 2.
929716
Thanks, Bishop, for your reply. I liked your last statement (very funny!). A couple of hours after i went out to get this model at Best Buy (i just couldn't wait!), a friend showed me the all-region equivalent (also from Pioneer) featured on this same Amazon site! Well, at least they claim it's all region, but seems some customers have had to get guarantees from the supplier that the unit will indeed play all types of discs. A bit confusing. ;)
1775321
Don't know what you mean? I just know it wouldn't play that Mama's boy dvd set I paid so much for. So it is not region free.
1370495
So far I have used Region 1 and 2 discs. No problems. It is a really great player. Very sharp pictures.
960795
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
2126555
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.
523923
a different region player, say for the UK, will probably play the appropriate pal type video. This is region 1 thus works w/ NTSC
1835531
It's completely region free. I watch differant movies all the time and have no problem with them. The only thing is the plug. I'm constantly plugging it bak in because the slightest bump and it comes unplugged.
2202628
unless it says region free i doubt it. oppo players i think do, but they are very expensive.
945433
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.
655098
Hi people,I have a SONY BDP-S550 bought in the US; can that be set to REGION FREE DVD?Regards,George.
728356
It's an international player, that means it can play ever region dvd's (setting 0) but you can set it to just one region also. I switched to setting 2 (description how-to below) after it won't run some dvd's (first issues after about 6 month on setting 0, some dvds might change the software and then several dvds started to stop/jump/don't run at all - it depends so much which dvd - some run some don't and you never know which one starts making trouble ... I changed the setting to region 2 just recently, so I cannot say, if this is a solution for that annoying issue: How-to change the setting: 1. NO dvd indside/ 2. Press setup (remote)/ 3. Press the down arrow three times until you see the "preference" page/ 4. Press 1,3,8,9,3,1/ 5. Press up/down key to select region (0= all regions - trouble?/ 1 USA/2 Europe, Japan, South Africa ...)/ 6. Turn off the player DONE!
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By default your blu ray player is set for region free dvd. You may use the remote control to set the region blu ray region for A or B or C Make sure the quick mode start for the unit is set to off. Press Standby/on to turn off the unit. Press 1 for Region A Press 2 for region B Press 3 for region C The unit will power on automatically. To pay dics from other regions repeat the process
963598
From what I have been able to find, it seems this player can read region one only...a deal breaker for me...
722335
Unfortunately no. The other reviews and the description are misleading. I was looking for an inexpensive region free player, that's why I bought this one. It will play DVDs in either format, NTSC or PAL. BUT, it will not play DVDs from other regions. And the review that gives the instructions on how to program it to be region free is completely inaccurate. It will not work. And if you go to the GPX site and look up this model, it tells you clearly that you can not program this unit to be region free. I wish I had checked prior to buying it. It is a decent player...just not region free, which I need.
417121
"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.)