Are PS3 Regionalised

[rickau]

Hi,

Thinking of getting PS3 so I can play Blu Ray disks and possibly the new exercise game. They are very expensive in UK. If I bought one in USA, Hong Kong or Singapore would they work in UK on a PAL TV or are they regionalised like the DVD players?

Thanks

Rick

[un4gvn94538]

the regions are different for blu. they are "A", "B", and "C". discs with all three letters are "region free" and play on all players. but the players are locked i believe. you can do a google search for the countries in regions

[Rapstah]

PS3 games are region free, but the consoles themselves will only work on SDTVs from the region they originate in. Not a problem if you have a HDTV.

[rickau]

Hi,

Sorry didn't ask the question very well. I understand that the BD are regionalised but are the PS3 players too? If I bought one in Europe would it play disks from USA? Are the PS3 players in USA only 110V 0r 110-220/240V.
If that the case will probably get one form Region A because the BD here in UK are horrendously expensive.

My TV is HD but usually use PAL. I believe you use NTSC in USA but I can select NTSC on my HDTV

Thanks

Rick

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by rickau

Hi,

Sorry didn't ask the question very well. I understand that the BD are regionalised but are the PS3 players too?

Yes. PS3s conform to the DVD AND Blu-ray regions they were produced for. If you buy a US/Canada PS3, you can only play Region 1 DVDs on it, and it will only accept Region A Blu-rays (though quite a lot of Blu-rays are mislabelled as being for one region when they're actually region ABC).

If I bought one in Europe would it play disks from USA?

Not unless they're region free (see above)

Are the PS3 players in USA only 110V 0r 110-220/240V.

US PS3s are 110V.

If that the case will probably get one form Region A because the BD here in UK are horrendously expensive.

My TV is HD but usually use PAL. I believe you use NTSC in USA but I can select NTSC on my HDTV

If you're using a US PS3 on an HDTV that's in a PAL region, most definitely use the NTSC setting over the HDMI port in case you end up sticking a normal DVD in. For games and Blu-rays, those are typically encoded at 720p or 1080p, so PAL and NTSC have no meaning in those contexts.

Do note that all PS3 games are region free, so you never have to worry about where your game discs come from - they all work on all PS3s regardless of region of manufacture.

[scragham]

Originally Posted by rickau

Hi,

Sorry didn't ask the question very well. I understand that the BD are regionalised but are the PS3 players too? If I bought one in Europe would it play disks from USA? Are the PS3 players in USA only 110V 0r 110-220/240V.
If that the case will probably get one form Region A because the BD here in UK are horrendously expensive.

My TV is HD but usually use PAL. I believe you use NTSC in USA but I can select NTSC on my HDTV

Thanks

Rick

ps3s have a universal power supply. my PS3 from HK works in the US with just a swap of the power cord (the plugs are different).

as to playing SDVDs on your PS3, PAL vs. NTSC may be irrelevant, seeing as how the PS3 upconverts video to an HD signal, but I don't know, not having any PAL DVDs to test this with.

[ToonyLoons]

PS1, PS2 and DVD's will only play from the region the PS3 is from. So if you got a US PS3, you would only be able to play US PS1, and PS2 games along with region 1 or region free DVD's. With Blu-ray, it would be region A or region free disc.


Side note, for any firmware updates, if not updated via the internet on the PS3, you would need to make sure you got the correct update for your PS3. Like if you are updating via a computer. For a US system, you would want to make sure you get the US update from the US playstation.com. An update from another region could damage or brick the system.

[rickau]

hi all,

Thanks one and all that answers most of my questions. I think I will get a PS3 in USA since most of the DVDs I have multi-region anyway. Those I buy here (UK) I could still play via my computer which I can hook up to my HDTV. I don't already own any PS games so that's not a problem either.

One of you said US PS3 are 110V but another one said bought PS3 in Hong Kong where I believe voltage is 220V and it works ok in USA with just a plug change. I guess the Hong Kong version is 110-220V Can someone please confirm that the US models of PS3 are ONLY 110V? If so I'd need to use transformer.
Where's cheapest place to buy a PS3 in USA? Best Buy? Is the 80 Gb available now and is the larger size only necessary if playing memory demanding games?

Rick