Question about recent Sony BD players and PAL/50hz conversion

[C.mcbraggins]

I heard that most (factory region locked) Sony players from mid-2014 on can play back region free discs with PAL/50hz content or convert to to 60hz. Now, my question is say if I play a BD that is 1080i50hz (25fps), does it convert it to 60hz keeping its original 4% speed increase (and possibly introducing field blending), or would it properly convert that to 24fps by decreasing the speed and some kind of deinterlacing?

I remember seeing one multi region DVD player that had 50hz to 60hz conversion but the sample had some kind of strange motion blending going on, and that's what I imagine most players do for these conversions with the Sony's possibly doing the same for 50hz BDs as well.

[mar3o]

I've been going through the same thing lately trying to find a UK Sony/LG player that can convert 50Hz/PAL to 60Hz. From what I have been told in numerous threads, no players have the ability to convert to 60Hz out of the box. Many/most (all?) recent Sony and LG players seem to be able to output 50Hz if playing PAL, but it can't convert to 60Hz. So if you play PAL, it outputs PAL, if you play NTSC, it outputs NTSC. It won't convert.

I would love to find out I'm wrong about that, but sadly it seems there are no retail Sony or LG players that can convert PAL/50Hz to 60Hz.