UK Star Trek Seasons - Blu-ray Forum

aimforsilence · 04-09-2011, 02:16 AM

Hey question to all you people who own any of the UK(PAL) Star Trek Seasons. Namely the newer "slimline" versions. My question is this, are the DVD's region free? I want a firm answer on this because I live in canada and would like to be able to play them..lol. I'd but the versions they sell here but they are like double what Amazon.co.uk are selling them for and i also think the cases look nicer. Thanks in advance!

aimforsilence · 04-09-2011, 04:40 AM

Anyone?

LordCrumb · 04-09-2011, 05:13 AM

I've had a search but I can't find any conclusive statement to say that the DVDs are Region Free.

MarcelS1 · 04-09-2011, 05:44 AM

I have some Voyager slimline sets from the UK, there is definatley a logo with region 2 on it, however I cannot check for you if it is in fact so because I live in the region 2 area.

Jezza · 04-09-2011, 05:55 AM

Very, very few widely commercial DVD releases were ever Region 0, meaning you can play them everywhere, and as has been stated above Star Trek wasn't amongst those few.

You can however unlock any DVD play to play any region.

aimforsilence · 04-09-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jezza

Very, very few widely commercial DVD releases were ever Region 0, meaning you can play them everywhere, and as has been stated above Star Trek wasn't amongst those few.

You can however unlock any DVD play to play any region.

Really? Can I unlock my Xbox 360, Samsung blu-ray player or a PS3. lol. That's all I got.. Though if I can get an unlock for one of thoues maybe I'll just go buy a cheap-o DVD player?

aimforsilence · 04-09-2011, 06:57 PM

I might just have to buy a DVD player to unlock to play the season or maybe I could just order a UK Blu-ray player and use it for all my UK Blu-Ray's and DVD's. That could work right?

chip75 · 04-10-2011, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by aimforsilence

Really? Can I unlock my Xbox 360, Samsung blu-ray player or a PS3. lol. That's all I got.. Though if I can get an unlock for one of thoues maybe I'll just go buy a cheap-o DVD player?

Your Samsung should have a region hack for DVD's, I don't think any of the sets were region free they were all region 2. I have Star Trek TOS, TNG and Enterprise (I'm still buying them lol) and they're all region 2. If you have a PC I think VLC player plays all regions but make sure first as you can lock your PC's DVD drive after four or five changes if you don't use the right software player (usually the one that comes with your PC has a limit with it).

I remember the PS2 had an Xploder disc for multiregion playback but they don't do anything for newer consoles. If you get a DVD player make sure it plays PAL 50hz otherwise you won't be able to play them. I think your BD should be able to handle PAL along with your native NTSC playback.

aimforsilence · 04-10-2011, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by chip75

Your Samsung should have a region hack for DVD's, I don't think any of the sets were region free they were all region 2. I have Star Trek TOS, TNG and Enterprise (I'm still buying them lol) and they're all region 2. If you have a PC I think VLC player plays all regions but make sure first as you can lock your PC's DVD drive after four or five changes if you don't use the right software player (usually the one that comes with your PC has a limit with it).

I remember the PS2 had an Xploder disc for multiregion playback but they don't do anything for newer consoles. If you get a DVD player make sure it plays PAL 50hz otherwise you won't be able to play them. I think your BD should be able to handle PAL along with your native NTSC playback.

good to know. I think im going to pick up a Region Free Blu-ray player in a week or so. It'll play any Blu-Ray or DVD. I guess my only issue would be (like you said) is the 50hz. Though since it's a Blu-ray player it should technically be able to convert that...right?

chip75 · 04-11-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by aimforsilence

good to know. I think im going to pick up a Region Free Blu-ray player in a week or so. It'll play any Blu-Ray or DVD. I guess my only issue would be (like you said) is the 50hz. Though since it's a Blu-ray player it should technically be able to convert that...right?

Yeah most Blu-ray players should be able to handle both (I think my Samsung player does or both). Our DVD players can handle both but that has more to do with Japan been in the same region as Europe while having a different TV standard so it was required out of the box.

I went to buy a TV last year and the salesman didn't know if the LG I was looking at could handle 60hz he said it might come out distorted or in B&W! The Samsung TV I went for does it fine though.

aimforsilence · 04-17-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by chip75

Yeah most Blu-ray players should be able to handle both (I think my Samsung player does or both). Our DVD players can handle both but that has more to do with Japan been in the same region as Europe while having a different TV standard so it was required out of the box.

I went to buy a TV last year and the salesman didn't know if the LG I was looking at could handle 60hz he said it might come out distorted or in B&W! The Samsung TV I went for does it fine though.

Well that's good news! I ordered 3 seasons Of Star Trek off amazon UK for the same price as 1 season here in north America.

04-09-2011, 02:16 AM	#1
aimforsilence Special Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Canada 4K collection:19 Blu-ray collection:24 DVD collection:15 iTunes collection:637 Trading Score:37	UK Star Trek Seasons Hey question to all you people who own any of the UK(PAL) Star Trek Seasons. Namely the newer "slimline" versions. My question is this, are the DVD's region free? I want a firm answer on this because I live in canada and would like to be able to play them..lol. I'd but the versions they sell here but they are like double what Amazon.co.uk are selling them for and i also think the cases look nicer. Thanks in advance!

04-09-2011, 04:40 AM	#2
aimforsilence Special Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Canada 4K collection:19 Blu-ray collection:24 DVD collection:15 iTunes collection:637 Trading Score:37	Anyone?

04-09-2011, 05:13 AM	#3
LordCrumb Moderator Top contributor Member since:May 2009 Location:New Zealand Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:405 Blu-ray collection:2924 DVD collection:109 Blu-ray reviews: 12 Trading Score:67	I've had a search but I can't find any conclusive statement to say that the DVDs are Region Free.

04-09-2011, 05:44 AM	#4
MarcelS1 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Netherlands 4K collection:21 Blu-ray collection:577 DVD collection:132 Blu-ray reviews:26	I have some Voyager slimline sets from the UK, there is definatley a logo with region 2 on it, however I cannot check for you if it is in fact so because I live in the region 2 area.

04-09-2011, 05:55 AM	#5
Jezza Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 4K collection:431 Blu-ray collection:820 DVD collection:36 Trading Score:1	Very, very few widely commercial DVD releases were ever Region 0, meaning you can play them everywhere, and as has been stated above Star Trek wasn't amongst those few. You can however unlock any DVD play to play any region.

04-09-2011, 06:57 PM	#7
aimforsilence Special Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Canada 4K collection:19 Blu-ray collection:24 DVD collection:15 iTunes collection:637 Trading Score:37	I might just have to buy a DVD player to unlock to play the season or maybe I could just order a UK Blu-ray player and use it for all my UK Blu-Ray's and DVD's. That could work right?

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