Looking for affordable region free blu player in UK

[classicfilmcollector]

This will be mainly for the criterion collection and some tv series which are region locked, anyone have any decent ideas?

I have had a good look but the only one seems to be the Oppo player which is out of my pricing range.

[serpheus]

https://forum.blu-ray.com/region-b-d...9-ireland.html

[richfell]

Are you talking about the Oppo 83?

If so, the Oppo 80 is a fair bit cheaper.

[blu_sharpy]

Errm, the Curtis DVD1100UKT is a Region Free Player for Blu-ray/DVD and can be bought for anything between £50 - £80. Have a check around supermarkets as well as Curry's and PC World as they seem to be the main stockists.

[Hicks62]

I too am suffering with this problem, and time is ticking down till that criterion Thin Red Line ships. . .

I've been doing some digging the last few days and this is what I've found.

To save anyone else from digging around doing similar research, the above mentioned Curtis/Tevion DVD1100UKT seems to be a good idea but has vanished from stores (little surprise following the amount of people who reported the Curtis model not working at all). I've checked a few supermarkets (Tesco, Aldi, Currys) and can't find anything online. If anyone can prove me wrong please do!

The Maidston MD-BR-2102 is cheap but due to a firmware issue it's 50/50 as to weather the one you buy will be able to be converted to Multi Zone Blu at all. The Foehn & Hirsch BD2101 is hard to get hold off (ebay probably best bet), but also has a firmware issue that destroys the mutli region blu option.

This just leaves us with the higher priced options such as the Oppo 80 at around £300 and upwards, and the grey market but good word of mouth Multiregion Magic http://www.mrmdvd.com/catalog/ for around the same price.

So, no affordable hope in sight that I can see! I'm going to wait until September to see if another affordable option floats to the surface, before deciding if I then have to bite the bullet and fork over large amounts.

Anyone else got any leads?

[classicfilmcollector]

what about american options?

[Hicks62]

what about american options?

Not looked into it. I would imagine that once you factor in the cost of shipping a player from amazon.com, even for a semi cheap model, you'd probably be better off spending another £100 and getting one of those Multiregion magic jobs. But that's just speculation.

Anyone with experience of importing a US player?

[Hicks62]

Update: I've decided to use Multiregion magic to mod my existing Panasonic DMP-BD60MR. Will report back on the results!

[geoffc]

I bought a US Sony S360 last november from DVDworldUSA for just over £180 all in. Ordered on a tuesday morning arrived saturday morning

get a step down transformer from maplins for about £10

[luwanda]

I'm interested aswell and can't really find anything but 2 from the site posted above

http://www.mrmdvd.com/catalog/produc...oducts_id=1171

and

http://www.mrmdvd.com/catalog/produc...oducts_id=1172

the rest are region free for DVD's not for BD's as it says.

The thing is that those two are 400 pounds, the other option i thought a while ago would be getting a region A ps3 player for US. that way i'd have two PS3 to play region A and region B, it's cheaper even counting on the shipping from US, but the hassle to use two players each time makes me want just a region free player, and that goes back to the 400 pounds which in euros is damn expensive.

decisions, decisions... hmmmm

[Hicks62]

Although I haven't had a chance to check if it works yet (won't do until Thin Red Line Criterion arrives next month), I can certainly say that MultiregionMagic's service was pretty good. I sent 'em a few emails with some questions and they responded quickly, and the delivery and return of my modded player was prompt.

Just checked the site, you can get a multiregion blu player from £300 (plus a tenner for shipping). Still a fair wack but cheaper than £400!

http://www.mrmdvd.com/catalog/produc...oducts_id=1014

[classicfilmcollector]

I was thinking of just getting the oppo 83

[Hicks62]

I was thiking of just getting the oppo 83

Decided to up the spending budget then?

[silversnake]

Originally Posted by classicfilmcollector

I was thiking of just getting the oppo 83

I got the Oppo-80 and i'm thrilled with it. Used the money difference between the oppo 80 and 83 to buy region B titles

[classicfilmcollector]

Originally Posted by Hicks62

Decided to up the spending budget then?

I have been thinking for a while and if it id truely one of the best blu ray players then why not but i am also still interested in cheaper ones

[pentatonic]

How much does an Oppo BDP-80 go for in the UK ?

[classicfilmcollector]

Originally Posted by pentatonic

How much does an Oppo BDP-80 go for in the UK ?

must be about

£150-£200

[pentatonic]

If you can afford it, you'll get a nice universal player with great load times, very good upconversion and easy to mod. Converts PAL to NTSC and the reverse. Love mine

[KingLeonidas300]

Originally Posted by silversnake

I got the Oppo-80 and i'm thrilled with it. Used the money difference between the oppo 80 and 83 to buy region B titles

I did the same. I bought mine already modified for me so I wouldn't have to mess with it.

[Ben_R]

Is there anything out there that comes region free for blu's and dvd's without needing to be modded?