Regions

[tjfun]

I just bought a Blu Ray player in Mexico.

LG Mexico people told me that if I buy a Blu Ray movie in USA it won't play.

As far as I know, Blu Ray Region A (1) includes both, USA and Mexico.

Not like DVD's that USA was region 1 and LA was region 4.

However, would like to hear experiences, comments.

TJ

[Joe Cain]

No practical experience here, but Region A includes North, Central and South America as far as I know.

Much discussion of BD region coding can be found on this thread.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by tjfun

I just bought a Blu Ray player in Mexico.

LG Mexico people told me that if I buy a Blu Ray movie in USA it won't play.

As far as I know, Blu Ray Region A (1) includes both, USA and Mexico.

Not like DVD's that USA was region 1 and LA was region 4.

However, would like to hear experiences, comments.

TJ

I wonder if you mean LA as in Los Angeles? I bought several DVD from my visit to USA in Los Angeles, and it was region 1.
As of Mexico, I understand that mexico uses PAL, and PAL is in region B mostly. Maybe, in general it's region A, but the PS3 distributed there is region B.

Indonesia is PAL. but the PS3 distributed there is NTSC-J. And so does Singapore and Hong Kong. They have common region, though: Region 3 DVD, and Region A BD.

[Joe Cain]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

I wonder if you mean LA as in Los Angeles? I bought several DVD from my visit to USA in Los Angeles, and it was region 1.
As of Mexico, I understand that mexico uses PAL, and PAL is in region B mostly. Maybe, in general it's region A, but the PS3 distributed there is region B.

Indonesia is PAL. but the PS3 distributed there is NTSC-J. And so does Singapore and Hong Kong. They have common region, though: Region 3 DVD, and Region A BD.

Hmm...I didn't think PAL/NTSC had any relevance to BD.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by Joe Cain

Hmm...I didn't think PAL/NTSC had any relevance to BD.

Yes, because most of PAL regions are in region B, while NTSC is in region A. It affect how PS3 is distributed.

[CptGreedle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray#Region_codes

ALL of the Americas and Japan are region A

[CptGreedle]

BTW.. PAL and NTSC are not HD. They are SD formats. HD formats are 720 and 1080 and are universal.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

BTW.. PAL and NTSC are not HD. They are SD formats. HD formats are 720 and 1080 and are universal.

they are not, but it seems to me, as I said above, PALs are region B, while NTSCs are Region A (although not all of them)

[CptGreedle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdtv#Standard_resolutions

PAL and NTSC are standard resolutions, and do not involve HDTV. PAL is 768x576 and NTSc is 720x480. HDTVs run at 720 and 1080. EDTV (enhanced defintion) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_definition) runs SD signals at a higher refresh rate.

[w_tanoto]

I know PAL and NTSC are SD, not HD. but thanks for further info. "PAL is 768x576 and NTSc is 720x480". Never knew. I thought both of them are 720x576 and 720x480. So, it's 768 for PAL.

What I mean above is that they group BD regions mostly by looking the analog signal of that country. If it's PAL, then it's region B, if it's NTSC, then it's region A.
Although obviously does not apply to Indonesia (PAL, but small number of TV stations use NTSC), the PS3/XBOX/Wii that is distributed in Indonesia are NTSC-J

[CptGreedle]

Did you know IMAX screens are 72.6 feet by 52.8 feet or more and have a resolution of 10,000x7,000. Fun (but pointless) trivia.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

Did you know IMAX screens are 72.6 feet by 52.8 feet or more and have a resolution of 10,000x7,000. Fun (but pointless) trivia.

i must be looking like an idiot, but what is IMAX?

that is one huge resolution.....
guess us, home user, won't get that resolution. I've heard a company (either korean/japanese) - samsung? panasonic?
they developed beyond true HD (2000+ resolution)

[CptGreedle]

IMAX are those huge screens that are usually only in museums. They have more and more stand alone theaters now that show real movies, and you can watch things like Beowulf, and Harry Potter in IMAX or IMAX 3D.
The screens are huge (several stories tall) and it feels like you are right in the middle of the scene.
If you can find one in your area, check it out. You can get a list of theaters at wikipedia.
There are a number of BD titles that were originally IMAX releases, such as Chronos and Mars Rover.

I did hear that there is an ultra HD set up somewhere.. crazy. I also hear there are screens that support 4k resolutions, wish I had one of those

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

IMAX are those huge screens that are usually only in museums. They have more and more stand alone theaters now that show real movies, and you can watch things like Beowulf, and Harry Potter in IMAX or IMAX 3D.
The screens are huge (several stories tall) and it feels like you are right in the middle of the scene.
If you can find one in your area, check it out. You can get a list of theaters at wikipedia.
There are a number of BD titles that were originally IMAX releases, such as Chronos and Mars Rover.

I did hear that there is an ultra HD set up somewhere.. crazy. I also hear there are screens that support 4k resolutions, wish I had one of those

is it one of the screen that is used in ODEON London (Picadilly/Leicester Square)? most movie premiere are hold in there. because if it is, then I've seen on of the IMAX. I remember something about IMAX around that place.

[CptGreedle]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

is it one of the screen that is used in ODEON London (Picadilly/Leicester Square)? most movie premiere are hold in there. because if it is, then I've seen on of the IMAX. I remember something about IMAX around that place.

Possibly. There are 2 in London...
Here is a list of all the current IMAX locations...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IMAX_venues

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

Possibly. There are 2 in London...
Here is a list of all the current IMAX locations...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IMAX_venues

Yes. I've seen one. Actually not just one. Two. the other one is science museum, London . No, three. I've been to Leicester Space museum as well (remembered getting lost there)
Huge screen...

[w_tanoto]

another one I've seen:
Indonesia
Jakarta, Keong Emas IMAX Theatre

seems that I did not know what I've seen.

[tjfun]

LA is Latin America.

System is NTSC and NOT PAL.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

I wonder if you mean LA as in Los Angeles? I bought several DVD from my visit to USA in Los Angeles, and it was region 1.
As of Mexico, I understand that mexico uses PAL, and PAL is in region B mostly. Maybe, in general it's region A, but the PS3 distributed there is region B.

He used LA as Latinamerica. Mexico is in region A; and its Standard Definition is NTSC, as most of America is (I think Brasil and Argentina have or had PAL/PAL related broadcast, but DVDs in those 2 countries are NTSC too). Don't think any PS3s sold in America would be region B as people then would have to imports Blu-rays from Europe and Oceania.