Multi-region BD Player on a budget?

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ciberlo

looking for a seiki owner for help . without warning it seems that entering the code and changing the BD region from A to B has no effect. Only region B locked bds will play, multi zone do not. no problem with dvd which all play at 0 zone. My player has the older unit firmware .fortunately all bds seem to play on my curtis player without upgrades...

I'm not sure if I'm reading you correctly, but you changed the BD region to B, and now can't change it back to A? The Seiki will only play discs for the one BD region it's set on, and you have to manually swap them. I've never had an issue with a region free title in mine though. I'm not sure what firmware I'm running on it either, as I bought mine at Wally-World in Halifax last May.

I'm impressed as hell with the little Seiki bugger right now, my Panasonic BD65 locked up and had a seizure when I tried to play a scratched DVD, that would skip heavily on my old LG DVD player. The Seiki only skipped 3 times, and just for a second each time, and otherwise played fine. score one for cheap Chinese junk.

[ciberlo]

originally regionA now plays only region B even when change appears done on screen. no updates done.Seems like code does not initiate a response. have not attempted to interfere with dvd zone which is set at 0.Any similar experience?

[paul000]

After deciding whether or not to spend $50 on an import Blu from Australia, and then finding out there is a German import available for $13 with the same PQ/AQ, I've decided to spend the money on a region free player and the German disc. Of course, I'm looking for the cheapest thing possible and came across this thread. A question for those in the know, is this player (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Insignia-NS-...item2ebd30b172) a good buy? Any other opinions? I'm not looking to spend more than $80 or so and that one is the perfect price...

[DetroitSquirreL]

Originally Posted by paul000

After deciding whether or not to spend $50 on an import Blu from Australia, and then finding out there is a German import available for $13 with the same PQ/AQ, I've decided to spend the money on a region free player and the German disc. Of course, I'm looking for the cheapest thing possible and came across this thread. A question for those in the know, is this player (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Insignia-NS-...item2ebd30b172) a good buy? Any other opinions? I'm not looking to spend more than $80 or so and that one is the perfect price...

its the best region free player youll get sub 100 usd and easiest to make region free

[paul000]

Thanks for the quick response. So, once I have the player linked above, I need to just revert to older firmware right? And it will play all regions?

[tigs6969]

does anyone now of a region free or multi region player in australia?

[HyperRealist]

Originally Posted by tigs6969

does anyone now of a region free or multi region player in australia?

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=195522

[DetroitSquirreL]

BestBuy .com has the NS-BRDVD4 for $59.99 FREE SHIPPING & WBRDVD2 is $49.99 FREE SHIPPING


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpa...t=insignia+blu

[lim.davidd]

TOSHIBA BDX1250KU Modified Region Free Blu-Ray Player, which i bought from my video store at around $400, including the RCA. 110 Volts

[Ragnarok]

I personally use one of these rattlebyte chips with my Panasonic DMP BD-80.

The Soldering was easy, then again I've done a fair bit of soldering before. it's a brilliant mod that all you have to do is put the player to standby and hit 1 ,2 or 3 to change the blu-ray region it appears on the display.

Unfortunately most of these players are hard to find now and the panasonic drives are pretty noisy.

You can get modified firmware for alot of panasonic players now which is much easier for alot of people, there are mod chips for many more players but alot of them are truly jobs for pro's and therefore expensive mods.

[David LFC]

I'm looking for a region free or Region A blu ray player so i can play Breaking Bad don't want to pay too dear

[stratford]

if we knew your budget for the player with the mod it would help

[Nielsb90]

I have found a used Panasonic BD30 at a reasonable price.. Is this model recommended or is it simply too old? Will I have firmware issues or would it be a good purchase?

[David LFC]

Originally Posted by stratford

if we knew your budget for the player with the mod it would help

Around €120

[stratford]

I suddenly recall that a couple of Toshiba players could be flashed with an Australian firmware-They are well with in your means-Even UN-flashed they had play back problems, that could have been corrected by now

[David LFC]

Originally Posted by stratford

I suddenly recall that a couple of Toshiba players could be flashed with an Australian firmware-They are well with in your means-Even UN-flashed they had play back problems, that could have been corrected by now

Thanks for that will look into it

[vinodraju666]

Can any one confirm if this trick still works with WBRDVD2? Want to pick it up from best buy 49$ refurbished

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia...DVD2&cp=1&lp=1

[DetroitSquirreL]

Originally Posted by vinodraju666

Can any one confirm if this trick still works with WBRDVD2? Want to pick it up from best buy 49$ refurbished

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia...DVD2&cp=1&lp=1

Go here I laid it all out

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=190357

[vinodraju666]

Originally Posted by DetroitSquirreL

Go here I laid it all out

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=190357

Thanks Dman!!!

[inikad]

I've just bought and received a TOSHIBA BDX1250 Region free player (automatic for DVD, a code for Blu-ray region) from 220 volt Electronics and it works like a charm with all my blu-rays Region B and PAL DVDs. The price is good: 113$ after 5% rebate.

http://www.220-electronics.com/dvd/T...lti_region.htm
(they talk about a BDX1200 but it's a BDX1250 that I received)

After taxes and shipping, with a stop to canadian customs (30$ cad), I paid 175$. It comes with a HDMI cable and cleaning solution for LCD and monitor screens for free.

The player is an entry level (buttons are hard to push, on the remote too) but image quality is perfect. As second blu player (I've got a panasonic BDT210 for main), I am really satisfied.