Unlockable Region-Locked Blu-rays

[Dailyan]

I’ve decided to compile a list of Eureka titles that were also encoded by Luke Louca. These discs should work in any non-Panasonic Blu Ray/UHD player by simply pressing “top menu”/“disc menu” at the region lock screen.


Special thanks for Patient-X for confirming certain releases.

Note: There might be more in the “Classics” and/or MoC line but I need people with discs (mostly late 2016 release-"High Noon") to confirm. Any release post-"High Noon" will not work. The LE releases of "High Noon" and "The Last Waltz" will also work.

Non-Eureka discs:

Note: "They Live" tested using the Steelbook release; presumably the CE disc will work as well. The extras disc will not load. Unknown if the standard 4K reissue was quietly fixed or if this release has the same disc as the CE/Steel.

[CelestialAgent]

How common is it for Kino Lorber or Shout/Scream titles to be unlockable? Or Scorpion titles like The Monster Club?

[norrareal1968]

Does anyone know if all Criterion region A blu rays will play on a UK Panasonic DP-UB150EB UHD player? Thanks

[atl.steven]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

[Show spoiler]I’ve decided to compile a list of Eureka titles that were also encoded by Luke Louca. These discs should work in any non-Panasonic Blu Ray/UHD player by simply pressing “top menu”/“disc menu” at the region lock screen.


Special thanks for Patient-X for confirming certain releases.

Note: There might be more in the “Classics” and/or MoC line but I need people with discs (mostly late 2016 release-"High Noon") to confirm. Any release post-"High Noon" will not work. I am unsure if the standard release of "High Noon" will work.

Non-Eureka discs:

Note: Tested using the Steelbook release; presumably the CE disc will work as well. The extras disc will not load. Unknown if the standard 4K reissue was quietly fixed or if this release has the same disc as the CE/Steel.

Using a Panasonic region 'A' player, these worked for me.
Region screen came up, hit stop, then 'top menu.'

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by atl.steven

Using a Panasonic region 'A' player, these worked for me.
Region screen came up, hit stop, then 'top menu.'

[Show spoiler]

Yup, all of my region locked Arrow and Eureka releases have worked perfectly with my Panasonic player; the only labels that have given me the most trouble/wouldn't work are BFI, Signal One, and most StudioCanal titles ("Cross of Iron" and the remastered "Mulholland Drive" at least work). The ones that I have in the post that you replied to, however, will work on any player.

[atl.steven]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

[Show spoiler]Yup, all of my region locked Arrow and Eureka releases have worked perfectly with my Panasonic player; the only labels that have given me the most trouble/wouldn't work are BFI, Signal One, and most StudioCanal titles ("Cross of Iron" and the remastered "Mulholland Drive" at least work). The ones that I have in the post that you replied to, however, will work on any player.

Ahhh, ok. MoC is new to me and I was excited to see a list of titles I could buy and play, I missed the 'non-panasonic' part. Dang, I thought I was contributing something. lol

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

I’ve decided to compile a list of Eureka titles that were also encoded by Luke Louca. These discs should work in any non-Panasonic Blu Ray/UHD player by simply pressing “top menu”/“disc menu” at the region lock screen.


Special thanks for Patient-X for confirming certain releases.

Note: There might be more in the “Classics” and/or MoC line but I need people with discs (mostly late 2016 release-"High Noon") to confirm. Any release post-"High Noon" will not work. I am unsure if the standard release of "High Noon" will work.

Non-Eureka discs:

Note: Tested using the Steelbook release; presumably the CE disc will work as well. The extras disc will not load. Unknown if the standard 4K reissue was quietly fixed or if this release has the same disc as the CE/Steel.

Already implied, but I can confirm these work on Samsung players. Just watched Cure on my Samsung UHD player.

[BluProofie]

Is the standard Eureka release of High Noon the same disc?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Is the standard Eureka release of High Noon the same disc?

I would assume so but I’m not 100% sure.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Is the standard Eureka release of High Noon the same disc?

The descriptions of the two editions on Eureka's site are almost identical. The Standard Edition obviously lacks the slipcase and the 100-page book, but includes a different (and way smaller) booklet. The on-disc features descriptions are the same, so I would assume the discs are identical.

Limited Edition

Standard Edition

[Cortiz]

Does anyone knows if the French BD of The Grudge 2 works with the Panny top menu trick?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Is the standard Eureka release of High Noon the same disc?

I received the standard release today and it works the same as the LE.

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

I received the standard release today and it works the same as the LE.

Thanks! I forgot about this one and picked up the Olive release a little while ago. It’s pretty good!

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

[Show spoiler]

Added "Inherit the Wind".

[boltmfs]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Added "Inherit the Wind".

By now aren't there any updates on this Eureka listing?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by boltmfs

By now aren't there any updates on this Eureka listing?

I haven't bought too many Eureka titles in a while but I can confirm that "Hell and High Water", "House of Bamboo", "Cover Girl", and "A Man For All Seasons" do not work. I don't believe there's that many titles left. I have a hunch that "Cujo", "Death in the Garden", "Khartoum", and "Night of the Creeps" will work but I do not own any of them so I can't verify; there's also "The Blue Lagoon", "Picnic", and "Under Fire" but I'm not too sure about those like the earlier mentioned titles.

[boltmfs]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

I haven't bought too many Eureka titles in a while but I can confirm that "Hell and High Water", "House of Bamboo", "Cover Girl", and "A Man For All Seasons" do not work. I don't believe there's that many titles left. I have a hunch that "Cujo", "Death in the Garden", "Khartoum", and "Night of the Creeps" will work but I do not own any of them so I can't verify; there's also "The Blue Lagoon", "Picnic", and "Under Fire" but I'm not too sure about those like the earlier mentioned titles.

I've just had the chance to test Eureka's Death in the Garden on a region-A Sony BDP-S3700.
Unfortunately, the 'top menu' trick didn't work.

[boltmfs]

Originally Posted by boltmfs

I've just had the chance to test Eureka's Death in the Garden on a region-A Sony BDP-S3700.
Unfortunately, the 'top menu' trick didn't work.

I also tested Aloys, The Housemaid and Kills on Wheels. The trick did not work on any of them.

[No Name]

The top menu trick to go around region-blocked Blu-rays is a case-by-case basis based on the player you have. Sony players in general (to my knowledge) have never implemented the top menu trick on any of their Blu-ray players as they seemed to adhere to the region-locking policies. The top menu trick generally works on a host of Panasonic Blu-ray & 4K players primarily with a host (but not all) of titles from Eureka, Arrow & BFI to name a few. Other companies like 88 Films have been known not to work with the top menu trick.

[boltmfs]

Originally Posted by No Name

The top menu trick to go around region-blocked Blu-rays is a case-by-case basis based on the player you have. Sony players in general (to my knowledge) have never implemented the top menu trick on any of their Blu-ray players as they seemed to adhere to the region-locking policies. The top menu trick generally works on a host of Panasonic Blu-ray & 4K players primarily with a host (but not all) of titles from Eureka, Arrow & BFI to name a few. Other companies like 88 Films have been known not to work with the top menu trick.

According to Dailyan:

"Unfortunately the trick is a case of "your mileage may vary" with brands. Discs that will work regardless of brand/player are the Eureka discs I compiled in this post:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=456"

Said that, I assume these compiled Eureka discs and possibly some others non region-free from Eureka may work on a Sony blu-ray player.