Bad News For Arrow Video Fans - Blu-ray Forum

m_burlock · 03-11-2012, 08:27 PM

I'm posting this here cause the news affects people in America and Canada.

The UK's Arrow Video has announced that future Blu-Ray releases will be Region B LOCKED!!

retablo · 03-11-2012, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by m_burlock

I'm posting this here cause the news affects people in America and Canada.

The UK's Arrow Video has announced that future Blu-Ray releases will be Region B LOCKED!!

"Yesterday we got some unfortunate news for films fans outside of Europe. Arrow Video have confirmed that due to pressure from licensors, their Blu-ray releases of Demons, Demons 2, and King of New York will all be REGION B locked. Their releases of Forbidden Zone and House by the Cemetery will remain region free. All the more reason for people to seek out region free Blu-ray players. Perhaps I'll get a post up with different options sometime soon."

This article, anyway, only mentions 3 titles, while 2 others will remain region-free. Certain past titles have been region locked as well... Doesn't sound like its for every title, unless there's a better source out there to confirm it.

m_burlock · 03-11-2012, 08:35 PM

I'll ask my source what his source was.

Arkadin · 03-11-2012, 08:53 PM

that's all?

hell I thought you were going to say they were going belly-up or something like that.
whew......

Geoff D · 03-11-2012, 09:01 PM

I'm surprised that they haven't done this before, as smaller labels are quite protective of their territories.

kemcha · 03-11-2012, 09:12 PM

OP, how about a source instead of one person's personal opinion?

scorpiontail60 · 03-11-2012, 11:14 PM

Hah! Region locking. How... quaint.

Is there anyone here who is actually affected by region locking? I can bypass the region locking (and copy protection) on any format within seconds.

When I read the topic's title I thought it was going to be legitimately bad news, not something useless that will never affect me.

HD Goofnut · 03-12-2012, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by scorpiontail60

Hah! Region locking. How... quaint.

Is there anyone here who is actually affected by region locking? I can bypass the region locking (and copy protection) on any format within seconds.

When I read the topic's title I thought it was going to be legitimately bad news, not something useless that will never affect me.

I can as well on my PC, but I only have one region free player outside of that. There are only a couple region B locked titles I want anyway.

csdot · 03-12-2012, 12:57 AM

whats a good cheap region free player? i need Demons on blu.

nelly_platinum · 03-12-2012, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by csdot

whats a good cheap region free player? i need Demons on blu.

im gonna redirect you to DetroitSquirreL's thread

enjoy as he has helped out alot of us

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=190357

Blu Titan · 03-12-2012, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by m_burlock

I'm posting this here cause the news affects people in America and Canada.

The UK's Arrow Video has announced that future Blu-Ray releases will be Region B LOCKED!!

Time for a region free player. I have been delaying getting one, but it is time.

kinoeye · 03-12-2012, 04:14 AM

I picked up a region free dirt cheap. Have yet to make sure it works, but I assume it'll do the trick.

ssjmichael · 03-12-2012, 04:57 AM

All of those were confirmed to be region b locked already so I don't see what the big deal is? I made sure to get a Region free player so I don't have to play these idiotic games with companies.

Trekkie313 · 03-12-2012, 05:41 AM

They're gonna lose so much money! Hope it backfires on them!

jrsl76 · 03-12-2012, 07:40 AM

Seriously, I have no sympathy. If you want to watch and buy movies from around the world at this point in time, buy a damned region free player already.

joltman · 03-12-2012, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Trekkie313

They're gonna lose so much money! Hope it backfires on them!

But it's not Arrow's decision, it's the property owners' decision.

bboisvert · 03-12-2012, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Trekkie313

They're gonna lose so much money! Hope it backfires on them!

Backfires on who? I'm sure Arrow would make everything region free if they could. I'm sure most indie labels would.

And, let's be real... very few people import discs, region free or otherwise. They're not "gonna lose so much money".

mikey horror · 12-27-2012, 09:11 PM

Ok, so here's something weird. I have a Samsung home theater that is without a doubt a Region A only player. I bought Arrow's Zombie Flesh Eaters Region B disc for the same reason I bought Arrow's Region B locked Demons discs. They're limited editions and I am eventually getting a region free player so I wanted to grab them now before they go out of print so I'll have them when I get around to getting my region free player. Besides, the disc of extras on the Zombie Flesh Eaters set was Region ABC so at least I could watch that. I put in the extras disc of Arrow's Zombie set and it wouldn't play. I didn't get a message on my screen saying that the region coding was not compatable, it would just say "loading" and then stop. So I started playing around with it and I found that by continuously pressing the "disc menu" button it would start playing the sound only, so I then pressed the play button and a-ha! Worked perfectly. Obviously I found this odd since it's supposed to be a region ABC disc, but whatever, at least it worked. Then I figured what the hell, let me try the first disc in the set, which is the movie itself and clearly marked Region B. Guess what. Same result as the extras disc. Keep pressing the "disc menu" button, which gets me the sound, then press play and the picture comes on and plays flawlessly! Anyone ever heard of anything like this? And yes, I tried my Region B Arrow Demons discs using the same trick and they right away let me know on the screen that my player and the disc's regions do not match. That message never came on my screen with the Zombie Flesh Eaters disc.

03-11-2012, 08:27 PM	#1
m_burlock Special Member Member since:May 2010 Location:Canada Blu-ray collection:755 DVD collection:250	Bad News For Arrow Video Fans I'm posting this here cause the news affects people in America and Canada. The UK's Arrow Video has announced that future Blu-Ray releases will be Region B LOCKED!!

03-11-2012, 08:35 PM	#3
m_burlock Special Member Member since:May 2010 Location:Canada Blu-ray collection:755 DVD collection:250	I'll ask my source what his source was.

03-11-2012, 08:53 PM	#4
Arkadin Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2007 Location:...somewhere in Sweden Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	that's all? hell I thought you were going to say they were going belly-up or something like that. whew......

03-11-2012, 09:01 PM	#5
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1348 Blu-ray collection:2525 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	I'm surprised that they haven't done this before, as smaller labels are quite protective of their territories.

03-11-2012, 09:12 PM	#6
kemcha Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Michigan, USA 4K collection:18 Blu-ray collection:344 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:32	OP, how about a source instead of one person's personal opinion?

03-11-2012, 11:14 PM	#7
scorpiontail60 Banned Member since:Aug 2011 Blu-ray reviews:1	Hah! Region locking. How... quaint. Is there anyone here who is actually affected by region locking? I can bypass the region locking (and copy protection) on any format within seconds. When I read the topic's title I thought it was going to be legitimately bad news, not something useless that will never affect me.

03-12-2012, 12:57 AM	#9
csdot Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Interzone Blu-ray collection:927 DVD collection:93	whats a good cheap region free player? i need Demons on blu.

03-12-2012, 04:14 AM	#12
kinoeye Active Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:408 Blu-ray reviews:5	I picked up a region free dirt cheap. Have yet to make sure it works, but I assume it'll do the trick.

03-12-2012, 04:57 AM	#13
ssjmichael Banned Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:96 DVD collection:4	All of those were confirmed to be region b locked already so I don't see what the big deal is? I made sure to get a Region free player so I don't have to play these idiotic games with companies.

03-12-2012, 05:41 AM	#14
Trekkie313 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:206 Blu-ray collection:1650 DVD collection:547 Digital collection:156 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:59	They're gonna lose so much money! Hope it backfires on them!

03-12-2012, 07:40 AM	#15
jrsl76 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Glendale, CA 4K collection:316 Blu-ray collection:3240 DVD collection:637 Trading Score:66	Seriously, I have no sympathy. If you want to watch and buy movies from around the world at this point in time, buy a damned region free player already.

12-27-2012, 09:11 PM	#18
mikey horror Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2011 4K collection:301 Blu-ray collection:1146 DVD collection:239	Ok, so here's something weird. I have a Samsung home theater that is without a doubt a Region A only player. I bought Arrow's Zombie Flesh Eaters Region B disc for the same reason I bought Arrow's Region B locked Demons discs. They're limited editions and I am eventually getting a region free player so I wanted to grab them now before they go out of print so I'll have them when I get around to getting my region free player. Besides, the disc of extras on the Zombie Flesh Eaters set was Region ABC so at least I could watch that. I put in the extras disc of Arrow's Zombie set and it wouldn't play. I didn't get a message on my screen saying that the region coding was not compatable, it would just say "loading" and then stop. So I started playing around with it and I found that by continuously pressing the "disc menu" button it would start playing the sound only, so I then pressed the play button and a-ha! Worked perfectly. Obviously I found this odd since it's supposed to be a region ABC disc, but whatever, at least it worked. Then I figured what the hell, let me try the first disc in the set, which is the movie itself and clearly marked Region B. Guess what. Same result as the extras disc. Keep pressing the "disc menu" button, which gets me the sound, then press play and the picture comes on and plays flawlessly! Anyone ever heard of anything like this? And yes, I tried my Region B Arrow Demons discs using the same trick and they right away let me know on the screen that my player and the disc's regions do not match. That message never came on my screen with the Zombie Flesh Eaters disc.

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