The "what region code is it?" thread

[mathieuhatt]

Originally Posted by mathieuhatt

The website hdmoviesource.com lists Dark City as region free !

They changed it... now it states :
"All NON-American Customers Must Ascertain Whether This Disc Play's In Your Region"...

http://www.hdmoviesource.com/catalog...oducts_id=1687

[Johnick]

Hi guys, livin in Europe, got a PAL PS3 and wanna get V for Vendetta on Blu Ray. According to Amazon its region free

http://www.amazon.co.uk/V-Vendetta-B...3562829&sr=8-4

Is this true ?, thanks in advance.

[Johnick]

Hi Guys

I have a PAL Ps3 and was wondering if V for Vendetta was region free ?, amazon.co.uk say it is but amazon.com say its not ?

[mredman]

It is all warner Blu's is region free

[donniedarko]

amazon.com says that Be Kind Rewind will be region free http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Rewind-Bl...3612713&sr=1-1 Any confirmation?

[Maxx2029]

Originally Posted by donniedarko

amazon.com says that Be Kind Rewind will be region free http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Rewind-Bl...3612713&sr=1-1 Any confirmation?

It's region locked, not yet sure though if the NewLine workaround will work on it.

I'll add it to my site (the blurayregioncodes-thingy), once I get home from work

[donniedarko]

thanks. I saw the backcover and it says it is locked but I hope that it will work with the top menu stuff on my european PS3

[Maxx2029]

Originally Posted by donniedarko

thanks. I saw the backcover and it says it is locked but I hope that it will work with the top menu stuff on my european PS3

The person who sent me the region code info, tested the workaround on his Panasonic Blu-Ray player and says it didn't work. Though I'm not sure does the workaround usually work on Panasonic players ?

[donniedarko]

any news about PS3?

[donniedarko]

Originally Posted by Maxx2029

Though I'm not sure does the workaround usually work on Panasonic players ?

i thought the workaround was just for PS3...

[mredman]

region codes SUCK! they are wrecking everything up for the consumers. I wish it was like HD-DVD

[Maxx2029]

Originally Posted by mredman

region codes SUCK! they are wrecking everything up for the consumers. I wish it was like HD-DVD

If you compare the Blu-Ray situation with the DVD region codes though, there has been a huge improvement. Outside small releases it is hard to find region free DVDs.

[191]

Originally Posted by Maxx2029

If you compare the Blu-Ray situation with the DVD region codes though, there has been a huge improvement.

I feel it's a huge step backwards. Why? Because whether there were 2 regions or 50 with DVD, it was a null point because all players outside of the USA were effectively region free out of the box.

Blu-ray players are not region free.

[WickyWoo]

One of the big sticking points why studios like Fox and Disney refused to go HD DVD was lack of region coding and poor copy protection

It was a dealbreaker for them

Buy a region A player if it's that important to you, because I expect sooner rather than later BD+ will detect any modchips that come out and refuse to play

I feel it's a huge step backwards. Why? Because whether there were 2 regions or 50 with DVD, it was a null point because all players outside of the USA were effectively region free out of the box.

Chinese crap decks are region free in or out of the USA with remote hacking

They will not be allowed to do this with Blu. Nor is there the ungodly waits that other countries used to experience anymore for the most part

[mredman]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Buy a region A player if it's that important to you, because I expect sooner rather than later BD+ will detect any modchips that come out and refuse to play

They will play on any player if the discs are region free

new tiltes confirmed:
In the Line of Fire [US] (Region Free)
Vantage Point [US] (Region Free)
Persepolis [US] (Region Free)
10,000 B.C. [US] (Region Free)
Spiderwick Chronicles, the [US] (Region Free)
http://bluray.liesinc.net/

[191]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Buy a region A player if it's that important to you, because I expect sooner rather than later BD+ will detect any modchips that come out and refuse to play

Are you region A native WickyWoo? I can't see a region B user being this shortsighted.

[Aussie Blu]

region locked blu-ray is a large inconvience for the consumer, and will cost the companies money I use sites like this to see if the discs are region free and purchase them before their release in region b (Aust), a lot of movies i would have bought have been region locked therfore did not purchase i was annoyed and the distributor missed out... just make them region free everyone wins.

[jd213]

Originally Posted by 191

Are you region A native WickyWoo? I can't see a region B user being this shortsighted.

If I lived in Region B, I never would have bought a Region B player in the first place. US and Japanese releases VS European/Australian? No contest, I would've imported a Region A PS3 as soon as I got the chance. If you've already shelled out for a Region B player, then sell it and import a new player or wait until prices come down and import one, or wait to see what develops on the region free player front. At least it isn't nearly as bad as it was with DVD. ALL studios region coded their discs, not just a couple. And how long was it before region free DVD players were cheap/commonplace?

Seriously, you're just going to have to deal with the fact that region coding is important to some studios. Would you rather have region encoded discs from a studio or no discs from that studio? Because Fox wouldn't be releasing anything if they couldn't region code their discs.

[191]

Originally Posted by jd213

If I lived in Region B, I never would have bought a Region B player in the first place. US and Japanese releases VS European/Australian?

[Sarcasm]Yes, I could see the entire North American market importing a player from region B if the situation was reversed. [\sarcasm]

Originally Posted by jd213

Would you rather have region encoded discs from a studio or no discs from that studio? Because Fox wouldn't be releasing anything if they couldn't region code their discs.

There are many fox releases in region A that have not been released in region B. There is no guarantee that all region A fox releases will be released in region B (assuming they have distribution rights). Region coding and not releasing them is effectively the same thing in many examples.

It seems you are in Japan - region A. Lucky you.

[gaeljet]

except man on fire and perhaps more or less some others(speaking for fox by the way) i have those that really matter to me, either from france or autralia (most of the best are released abnout at the same time or more or less after, happy i can understand english even though i m french,, lol) i don t really have a problem then except with the concept, why the **** did they get this idea of region coded in the first place!?