Is Region Free? What Blue-Ray &amp; DVD region? Blue-Ray Region A, B, C? DVD Region 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...?
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The Samsung BD-E5900 is not sold as a Region-Free device but you can make yours region free by following the instructions at this link: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/samsung-bd-e5900/11828
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I've been searching through websites that sell electronics...I did see region free dvd players and region free blu rays but I guess you have to buy it through them. Ebay even has a lot.
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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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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.
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I assume you're talking blu ray movies. Play them? probably, display them correctly? I mean the ones encoded at 25fps that aren't region lock, I don't think so but I've never tried them myself. For Region B locked Blu rays no unless the console is the pal version. Region Free I'm pretty sure means for games only, there is one game I know of that is an exception to this rule: Persona 4 Arena. In short no it will not play Pal encoded Blu Rays nor display them correctly.
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Region free is a code for Blu-rays and DVDs. Ranging from A/B/C/FREE for Blu-ray and 1/2/3/4/5/6/0 for DVD, this is the designated code for each region of the world. Region Free or Region 0 is a version that is not locked to any particular region and will typically play on any player worldwide. If you're looking for the biggest supplier for region free titles in the U.S you can check out http://scyllar.com/ they offering free shipping, no tax and have a huge selection of titles including region free imports.
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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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DVDs are "region" formatted. Region = playback coding for a dvd. 1) you need a universal dvd player OR 2) assuming you live in the USA, you need a region 1 coding dvd. Total of 8 dvd "region".... R1: USA/Canada. R2: Japan, part of Europe, etc...
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Carlos A., Samsung Blu-Ray players sold in the United States support the following regions: Blu-Ray: Region A DVD: Region 1, Region Open, Region All. Media may play, since the copyright owner decides which regions are allowed. If the copyright owner allows Region 1 for DVDs or Region A for Blu-Ray (or no limits whatsoever), the disc will play just fine. Thanks for your interest in Samsung Home Theater systems. --Mr. S
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I have the same question and need for region-free DVD & Blue-ray replay. An answer would be appreciated and very helpful.
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Thanks for your reply. I had equated NTSC or PAL with the region. So, if I want to play both PAL and NTSC DVDs, regardless of what region these discs are, I would need a player that can be set to region 0 = region free?
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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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My unit plays all region DVDs. IT will play some Region 2 Blu-ray, but not other Region 2 Blu-ray. Anybody know why? Examples: it will play The Wicker Man region 2 Blu-ray, but not The Shout Region 2 Blu-ray. Please advise.
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It is a region 1(North America)....HDDVD players are region free(To bad this format lost)
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All bluray players play dvds. And it actually has a region free DVD player.
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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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Hi Jorge, HD DVD is region free (unlike Blu-Ray which may be region restricted). But for standard DVDs, the HD-A35 from Amazon will play only Region 1 DVDs and Region Free DVDs. The HD-A35 will not play DVDs with other Region settings, e.g., Region 2, 3, 4, etc.