The "what region code is it?" thread

[mredman]

Cliffhanger UK is Locked. But german Cliffhanger is Free:-) So it is up in the air what the french is going to be

Riddick is Free in norway again don't know about the french version

Hope i could help out a little


By the way do anyone know if FOX US again is SELFISH and code "Unfaithful"
Nothing on the backcover about either way

So does anyone know for sure?

[LeBougre]

Originally Posted by mredman

Cliffhanger UK is Locked. But german Cliffhanger is Free:-) So it is up in the air what the french is going to be

Riddick is Free in norway again don't know about the french version

Hope i could help out a little


By the way do anyone know if FOX US again is SELFISH and code "Unfaithful"
Nothing on the backcover about either way

So does anyone know for sure?

Yes confirmed for Unfaithful region locked (A only) : confirmed here -> http://www.hdmoviesource.com/catalog...oducts_id=2307

[mredman]

FOX sucks ass!

[AnimeOnBlu]

Fistful of Dollars [IT] - Region Free
Silent Hill [IT] - Region Locked (B)
Cape No. 7 [TW] - Region Free

[James Ballard]

Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers - appears to be region free; plays fine on my UK Region B player.

[dahoover]

Does anyone know if the upcoming UK release of Taken will be region free?

I have only ever imported Planet Earth so I am not very familiar with the process. Any help is appreciated!

[AnimeOnBlu]

Originally Posted by dahoover

Does anyone know if the upcoming UK release of Taken will be region free?

I have only ever imported Planet Earth so I am not very familiar with the process. Any help is appreciated!

Sadly, it has been confirmed by 2 people as being Locked to Region B + C. You have to wait for a US release.

[opterasis]

Wondering if the following are region free:

Shrooms
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shrooms-Blu-...3367108&sr=8-2

Black Sheep
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Sheep-...3367128&sr=1-2

Army of Darkness
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Army-Darknes...3367143&sr=1-2

Eden Lake
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eden-Lake-Bl...367242&sr=1-11

[AnimeOnBlu]

Shrooms - Yes
Black Sheep - Yes
Army Of Darkness - No
Eden Lake - No

[LeBougre]

Hi,

Raging bull FREE
Street fighter FREE
Rundown FREE
Soul men FREE
Rocknrolla FREE
Changeling FREE
Nick & Norah's inifinite playlist FREE
My Name is Bruce FREE
The Cure trilogy FREE
boondock saints LOCKED
Little miss Sunshine FREE
Dodgeball LOCKED
Donnie Darko LOCKED
A time to kill FREE
Doom FREE
A history of violence FREE

And just to let you know, HDMoviesource put some new codes for Valentine's day :

love100 for Orders over $100 will be 6%
love200 for orders over $200 will be 8%
love300 for orders over $300 will be 10%
-> valids until February 15th.

and you have too : blu1 for orders over $35 will be 3.5%

[perfectdark]

Originally Posted by AnimeOnBlu

Army Of Darkness - No

dam i wish army of darkness was free

[Damage Inc.]

OK, I have a question I'm not sure is to be found anywhere on these pages:

But I found some versions of BRDs which are (US-)imports
(for me here in The Netherlands or the UK-region as you could call it).
And when I look at their description-pages on this website, they usually say 'Region Free'.
Does that really mean I could play them over here or does that also depend on other things?
Like the player for instance, which would probably be a Region 2 player.

Which makes me think at this moment, would it mean I need a "Region Free player"
or would the BRD just be region free, meaning playable on any player?


Greets,

[MarekM]

Originally Posted by Damage Inc.

OK, I have a question I'm not sure is to be found anywhere on these pages:

But I found some versions of BRDs which are (US-)imports
(for me here in The Netherlands or the UK-region as you could call it).
And when I look at their description-pages on this website, they usually say 'Region Free'.
Does that really mean I could play them over here or does that also depend on other things?
Like the player for instance, which would probably be a Region 2 player.

Which makes me think at this moment, would it mean I need a "Region Free player"
or would the BRD just be region free, meaning playable on any player?


Greets,

all movies from WARNER, UNIVERSAL, PARAMOUNT and DREAMWORKS are region free, so you can play them on any player... region A, B, or C

Marek

[Damage Inc.]

Originally Posted by MarekM

all movies from WARNER, UNIVERSAL, PARAMOUNT and DREAMWORKS are region free, so you can play them on any player... region A, B, or C

Marek

Ah, that's pretty awesome.
I guess this time around they don't want to control things too badly I guess.
I was already glad they simplified the regions down to like 3(?) or something.

However, why do sellers, for example on Amazon,
still specifically say it's a US- and NTSC-release (and such namings) then?
Is NTSC a different type of video like with tapes and DVDs
and would I get in trouble with thát rather than the region-coding?
Or does it just look different or something like that?

Not to forget that the description of the product-page sometimes also emphasize
on that it's US, Region 1 or NTSC and "would probably not play on different players".
That might be to prevent unsatisfied customers, but yeah... still confusing...

[MarekM]

Originally Posted by Damage Inc.

Ah, that's pretty awesome.
I guess this time around they don't want to control things too badly I guess.
I was already glad they simplified the regions down to like 3(?) or something.

However, why do sellers, for example on Amazon,
still specifically say it's a US- and NTSC-release (and such namings) then?
Is NTSC a different type of video like with tapes and DVDs
and would I get in trouble with thát rather than the region-coding?
Or does it just look different or something like that?

Not to forget that the description of the product-page sometimes also emphasize
on that it's US, Region 1 or NTSC and "would probably not play on different players".
That might be to prevent unsatisfied customers, but yeah... still confusing...

well never ever take info from AMAZON about region coding, etc...

and on US discs you can get some SD documents in NTSC, and on UK disc you can get documents in PAL, so with some bonuses you can have problems on some players..

here are few pages with region free discs info, they were mentioned here also several times :

http://bluray.liesinc.net/
http://movietyme.blogspot.com/

and sony plus disney catalog titles are mostly region free

Marek

[Mr Hand]

Originally Posted by LeBougre

Donnie Darko LOCKED

Too bad I was really waiting for this one...

[Damage Inc.]

Originally Posted by MarekM

well never ever take info from AMAZON about region coding, etc...

and on US discs you can get some SD documents in NTSC, and on UK disc you can get documents in PAL, so with some bonuses you can have problems on some players..

here are few pages with region free discs info, they were mentioned here also several times :

http://bluray.liesinc.net/
http://movietyme.blogspot.com/

and sony plus disney catalog titles are mostly region free

Marek

I see.

Only then, what is the reason they release so many, say in the US, but Region Free.
Even though if some of these documents are NTSC...
Is that release meant to be available for everyone or is it still meant for, in that case, US only?

Or do they want to "restrict" the release by not making everything on the disc playable for everyone?
Cause, it just seems kind of silly if they'd make it Region Free, but it doesn't (always) work in every region.

Also, would it depend on the player if those NTSC-parts would play or not over here?
If there are any that is, does that happen much actually or is that fairly unknown?
But I'd probably go with a better known brand of player,
only, would those have more change to play NTSC or less or doesn't it matter?


Thanks for the info,

[mredman]

Originally Posted by iFarid

The Passion of the Christ, anyone?

FOX (US) the most selfish company of all the studios. My guess is this is LOCKED But you never know Sideways is FREE so. No who am i kidding this will be locked i will almost bet a million bucks on that

[Damage Inc.]

By the studio referred to as 'Fox' you mean the one with like the big blocky (and blue?) letters right?
And not '20th Century Fox', unless that's the same company...

[mredman]

Its the same of course