Region ABC Issues- help

[dentists]

I own a Sony BDP-S1700 (A,B,C Region Free) player.
“La Playa” BluRay (Dicaprio’s The Beach) Spanish “A,B,C Region Free” has worked on my player.
However, I just bought “Zwei Supertypen in Miami” bluray from Amazon Germany because the back on the set lists “A,B,C Region”.

Here’s my problem:
1. The BluRay starts, I get the typical licensing/distributing company logo and sometimes (not all the time) the menu to select chapters/subtitles/extras pops up but the background screen is black/blank
2. When I go to select a chapter/subtitles/extra the screen goes blank and if I hit play on remote it says “not allowed”

My questions:

1. Is this a defect in the discs?
2. Region Free issue? Meaning are these not truly A, B, C Region free?
3. Would I need a BluRay player from Germany/Region B due to frame rates? 25/50p? If so what player would you recommend?


So odd that it even plays the disc whatsoever… if it’s a region issue- the disc technically plays, it just doesn’t allow you to access the actual content on the disc!

[benricci]

Yep, it's most certainly a frame frame issue. That disc is 1080i which means you're dealing with 50Hz content that your player cannot handle properly because it's a dedicated 60Hz only machine.

Some bluray players can deal with both seamlessly, but most Sonys cannot. So, in short, it's a player issue, not a disc issue per se. My Sony cannot handle region-free discs with any 50Hz or 25fps content.

Keep in mind that the overwhelming majority of blurays do not have this issue as most feature content will be presented at 1080p 24 fps which all players can handle, no matter the region.

[dentists]

Originally Posted by benricci

Yep, it's most certainly a frame frame issue. That disc is 1080i which means you're dealing with 50Hz content that your player cannot handle properly because it's a dedicated 60Hz only machine.

Some bluray players can deal with both seamlessly, but most Sonys cannot. So, in short, it's a player issue, not a disc issue per se. My Sony cannot handle region-free discs with any 50Hz or 25fps content.

Keep in mind that the overwhelming majority of blurays do not have this issue as most feature content will be presented at 1080p 24 fps which all players can handle, no matter the region.

Thank you!
However, I'm very tech ignorant...is there a BluRay player you can recommend or point me in direction? Amazon UK/German site for Region B players?

[SMOOT]

Originally Posted by dentists

Thank you!
However, I'm very tech ignorant...is there a BluRay player you can recommend or point me in direction? Amazon UK/German site for Region B players?

Sony 4k x700 will convert 1080i 25fps/50hz disc to play on USA HDTVs

Most LG players will also do the conversion for USA televisions, but you may have to go into the menu of an LG player and set it to 1080i Output only as otherwise such a disc confuses the player and the image will tend to flicker.

[dentists]

Originally Posted by SMOOT

Sony 4k x700 will convert 1080i 25fps/50hz disc to play on USA HDTVs

Most LG players will also do the conversion for USA televisions, but you may have to go into the menu of an LG player and set it to 1080i Output only as otherwise such a disc confuses the player and the image will tend to flicker.

Thank you!