The "what region code is it?" thread

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by nycomet

http://www.amazon.co.jp

Amazon Japan lists several releases that are out in Japan, but not yet here in the USA. Amazon jp indicates Japanese Blu-Rays as being Region 2. I was under the impression that Japan BRDs are Region A -- just like here in the USA. Can anyone confirm?

Thanks.

There's no region '2' on Bluray, only A,B,C... Amazon don't have a Region for BluRay so they put something random.

A is Japan, America, Korea, Thailand,
B is Europe and all older PAL country (australia...)
C is China

[BigFoot]

Does anyone have any idea whether or not the North American release of Sunshine is gonna be region-free?

[Merlins]

Originally Posted by BigFoot

Does anyone have any idea whether or not the North American release of Sunshine is gonna be region-free?

Probably region coded because it is a Fox release in USA. They have not released any region free discs in USA yet, only in Europe (but Sunshine in Europe was region coded...).

[BigFoot]

^ Alright, thanks for the info. I guess I'm gonna have to pick up the European version then.

[BigFoot]

I got another question. Does anyone have any idea if the NA release of Good Luck Chuck is gonna be region-free?

[Mermen79]

Originally Posted by BigFoot

I got another question. Does anyone have any idea if the NA release of Good Luck Chuck is gonna be region-free?

As stated before, there is no way to know for sure until the title is released and tested. You can however get a good idea of whether it will be locked or not by looking at the distrubutor and comparing it with other recent releases.

[PS3_Kiwi]

3:10 to Yuma and War are reported to be region free.

I love westerns so I will be getting "Yuma"

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

[suspiriorum]

Hi. I was wondering if anyone knows whether the Chinese (Region C) releases of Flash Point & Invisible Target by Universe Laser have any region encoding? I can't find anyway that has any info about encoding from Region C.

[Croweyes1121]

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...d-edition.html

Does anyone know if the UK version will be playable on US equipment? If so, I am ALL OVER IT. I was reading the article on here and it was mentioned that since this was a catalog title, it shouldn't be region-coded, but will it be PAL only? Does PAL/NTSC even APPLY to HD? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I really don't know. Never imported before.

[Septimus Prime]

http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%82%E3...9449496&sr=8-1

Yes, it's Region A.

[Croweyes1121]

I know about the Japanese release, and I'll get that if I have to...but I know it'll be a lot cheaper to import from Europe than Japan. That's why I asked specifically about the newly-announced UK version (see the link I provided).

[Seretur]

Since Japan and the UK have recently announced their versions, I can't see the US release announcement being that far behind. So I'll wait.

Crowe is a dear man, and this is a very fine film.

[Croweyes1121]

Ahem...yeah, but Almost Famous is distributed by Dreamworks in the states, not Sony. Dreamworks = HD DVD exclusive. So no US release. Hence my interest in the imports in the first place.

[lgans316]

Ensure that the overseas import is the 162-min director's cut.

[Croweyes1121]

I know it's the Director's Cut, but the amazon.co.uk info is obviously wrong, listing instead the film's theatrical running time of 122 mins. Even the cover art says it's the Director's Cut. But my question is...

Even if amazon.co.uk says it's 162 minutes, that's by no means definitive proof that it's not going to be 156 minutes (or whatever the PAL-sped-up equivalent would be). Amazon's certainly not above making errors. Also, I want to know if this will be an issue at all. Are Blu-rays PAL and NTSC or does that even apply in the HD realm. Anyone know an answer to this?

[Septimus Prime]

To my knowledge, PAL and NTSC are SD standards and do not apply to Blu-ray or HD DVD. Of course, I could be wrong.

And I have no idea if the UK one will play. My guess is that it won't because Europe is Region B, and the Japanese one is region coded.

[Croweyes1121]

Well, I know that the resolution difference has been eliminated by HD, but PAL is still 25fps and NTSC is still 24fps, are they not? I'm mainly just worried about the PAL 4% speed-up issue. I can't stand it, drives me nuts.

[degas]

Originally Posted by Croweyes1121

Well, I know that the resolution difference has been eliminated by HD, but I PAL is still 25fps and NTSC is still 24fps, are they not? I'm mainly just worried about the PAL speed-up issue. I can't stand it, drives me nuts.

You needn't worry about this any more.

[Croweyes1121]

Okay, so does that mean that the 4% speed-up doesn't happen any longer (with HDM)? Can someone answer this question CLEARLY please? lol All I want to know is...

IF this title is region-free, will there be PAL speed-up on it (if it's in PAL at all...if there even IS such a thing as PAL with HDM)? In other words - - is this title being region-free the ONLY thing I need to worry about when importing or do I need to worry about PAL vs NTSC and speed-up issues, too?! I think I'm more confused now than when I made the original post. lol Anyone know what I'm asking???

[degas]

Film is recorded in 24fps, which is the way it is stored on on Blu-ray.
IF the content is filmed in 25fps, it will likely be stored that way too.

There is no PAL or NTSC.
No speed up.
Clear?