I need a player for both reigons 1&2 - Blu-ray Forum

JiJi · 07-22-2008, 09:04 AM

Hi everyone, I registered here a long time ago when I first found out about Blu-Ray and I got some wonderful advice, unfortunately at the time, there weren't any players that convinced me they were worth buying. But now, I heard a lot of great reviews about the Panasonic DMP-BD30k player and I went to a store to buy it and the salesman told me that the player can only play one reigon. That is a problem for me because I have bought disks from both reigons 1&2 and I need one player that would play all of them.
The salesman told me that a new panasonic player will be available in a couple of months that would be able to play all reigons but to be honest, I don't want to wait that long

I'm so excited about Blu-ray that I'm buying the disks now before owning the player lol.

So I want to ask everyone here if there are ways to make the player play all the disks. I'm an idiot when it comes to these things but I keep reading about ppl saying they download updates from websites and install them to their players so I was wondering if there was something like that for this player.

If not, then is there a better player that can play both reigons?

I would really appreciate the help and thanks in advance.

Irishblu1 · 07-22-2008, 11:04 AM

Hi JiJi,
I have a panasonic BD30 player that I got from the Us earlier this year,and I too bought blu ray titles before getting the player, I live in Ireland, and get all my blu ray titles from Amazon, the updates that can be downloaded for the BD30 is only so all titles can play on the player, there is not an update to make the player multi region, I know the new Panasonic player the BD50 is out,but I am not sure as yet if it plays Region B titles, you should look it up on line and check the specs to see if it is multi region. Long live Blu ray, and I hope this helps.

JiJi · 07-22-2008, 11:08 AM

Thank you so much for your reply. I just checked amazon and the reviews for the BD50 model aren't good regardless if it plays both reigons or not.
I guess I should just wait until a good model is released that is able to play different reigons

Irishblu1 · 07-22-2008, 11:12 AM

Just a follow on from my last thread, you know the blu regions are A, B, and C, the dvd regions are 1 to 6, you would have to check to see what blu ray players will play dvd region 1 and 2.

JiJi · 07-22-2008, 11:20 AM

Oh, I had no idea the blu ray regions were different than DVDs, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I'm checking the amazon listing right now and it doesn't say anything about A, B or anything about the DVD regions it plays.

Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMP-...6724750&sr=8-1

JiJi · 07-22-2008, 11:44 AM

oh btw, sorry for all the questions, but does your blu ray play region 1&2 dvds? if it does then I'll just order the player from amazon and get all my disks from there as well.

Irishblu1 · 07-22-2008, 12:09 PM

No problem, glad to help a fellow blu ray fan out, the US blu ray movies are Region A, thats the new titles, it does say it on amazon.com, or check the titles out on this site here and it tells you what region they are, my panasonic player plays and upscales region 1 dvds, it does not play region 2 dvds, I have the new Philips 5980 dvd player which plays region 1 and 2 dvds and is a good upscaler as well. I have a web address if you want to talk more.

07-22-2008, 09:04 AM	#1
JiJi Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	I need a player for both reigons 1&2 Hi everyone, I registered here a long time ago when I first found out about Blu-Ray and I got some wonderful advice, unfortunately at the time, there weren't any players that convinced me they were worth buying. But now, I heard a lot of great reviews about the Panasonic DMP-BD30k player and I went to a store to buy it and the salesman told me that the player can only play one reigon. That is a problem for me because I have bought disks from both reigons 1&2 and I need one player that would play all of them. The salesman told me that a new panasonic player will be available in a couple of months that would be able to play all reigons but to be honest, I don't want to wait that long I'm so excited about Blu-ray that I'm buying the disks now before owning the player lol. So I want to ask everyone here if there are ways to make the player play all the disks. I'm an idiot when it comes to these things but I keep reading about ppl saying they download updates from websites and install them to their players so I was wondering if there was something like that for this player. If not, then is there a better player that can play both reigons? I would really appreciate the help and thanks in advance.

07-22-2008, 11:08 AM	#3
JiJi Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Thank you so much for your reply. I just checked amazon and the reviews for the BD50 model aren't good regardless if it plays both reigons or not. I guess I should just wait until a good model is released that is able to play different reigons Last edited by JiJi; 07-22-2008 at 11:10 AM.

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07-22-2008, 11:04 AM	#2
Irishblu1 Member Member since:May 2008	Hi JiJi, I have a panasonic BD30 player that I got from the Us earlier this year,and I too bought blu ray titles before getting the player, I live in Ireland, and get all my blu ray titles from Amazon, the updates that can be downloaded for the BD30 is only so all titles can play on the player, there is not an update to make the player multi region, I know the new Panasonic player the BD50 is out,but I am not sure as yet if it plays Region B titles, you should look it up on line and check the specs to see if it is multi region. Long live Blu ray, and I hope this helps.

07-22-2008, 11:12 AM	#4
Irishblu1 Member Member since:May 2008	Just a follow on from my last thread, you know the blu regions are A, B, and C, the dvd regions are 1 to 6, you would have to check to see what blu ray players will play dvd region 1 and 2.

07-22-2008, 11:20 AM	#5
JiJi Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Oh, I had no idea the blu ray regions were different than DVDs, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I'm checking the amazon listing right now and it doesn't say anything about A, B or anything about the DVD regions it plays. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMP-...6724750&sr=8-1

07-22-2008, 11:44 AM	#6
JiJi Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	oh btw, sorry for all the questions, but does your blu ray play region 1&2 dvds? if it does then I'll just order the player from amazon and get all my disks from there as well.

07-22-2008, 12:09 PM	#7
Irishblu1 Member Member since:May 2008	No problem, glad to help a fellow blu ray fan out, the US blu ray movies are Region A, thats the new titles, it does say it on amazon.com, or check the titles out on this site here and it tells you what region they are, my panasonic player plays and upscales region 1 dvds, it does not play region 2 dvds, I have the new Philips 5980 dvd player which plays region 1 and 2 dvds and is a good upscaler as well. I have a web address if you want to talk more.

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