Unlockable Region-Locked Blu-rays

[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.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

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Added "Khartoum".

[Brian81]

Rats, just picked up Khartoum, and a visit to DVD Compare mentions it's cut 29 seconds for horse falls. Wish the Twilight Time wasn't so expensive.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Brian81

Rats, just picked up Khartoum, and a visit to DVD Compare mentions it's cut 29 seconds for horse falls. Wish the Twilight Time wasn't so expensive.

I watched the Eureka disc and any cuts present I didn't notice at all (then again this was my first time watching the film).

[James_Younger_Gang]

Is there any way to play around the region locked bonus blu ray from the region locked dawn of the dead 4k set?

[balthazar_bee]

This might be beyond a long shot, but has anyone had success using the Panasonic Top Menu trick with either the UK or Netherlands Rectify discs, specifically season 4?

It's a tremendous show, but it's years later and I still haven't seen the final season. Heck, I'd buy all four on blu-ray if they'll play, since my 1-3 are DVD-only and the show has real visual style, but my main concern at this point is seeing the fourth season at all.

[Dailyan]

Both "Brute Force" and "The Naked City" from Arrow's "Tales From the Urban Jungle" will work on any player.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by balthazar_bee

This might be beyond a long shot, but has anyone had success using the Panasonic Top Menu trick with either the UK or Netherlands Rectify discs, specifically season 4?

It's a tremendous show, but it's years later and I still haven't seen the final season. Heck, I'd buy all four on blu-ray if they'll play, since my 1-3 are DVD-only and the show has real visual style, but my main concern at this point is seeing the fourth season at all.

Sorry I didn't reply before. I was going to, but I got distracted and forget to check my discs. I have all four seasons of the Dutch releases.

You don't really need the Top Menu trick. All four seasons are good for both Region A and Region B. I have my region-free player permanently set to "B", so I haven't checked for "C". For some unknown reason, the Season 1 discs won't play in my old Sony (RA) player, but they play fine in my current LG (RA) player.

Now to update the database here to reflect Region A compatibility...

[Mr. Kino]

Did anyone try Eureka’s Witness For the Prosecution in a non panasonic player? Wondering if i could get it to work on my region A Sony player.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Mr. Kino

Did anyone try Eureka’s Witness For the Prosecution in a non panasonic player? Wondering if i could get it to work on my region A Sony player.

It won’t work on a non-Panny.

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

It won’t work on a non-Panny.

Have you considered making a list of what titles have been checked? I know you have a list of which ones do, but I still have curiousity about which ones are confirmed to NOT work with the menu trick from the Eureka line, and which ones haven't been tested for it.

[boltmfs]

I recently tested "The Butterfly Tree", "Under the Tree", "Suntan" and "Bliss". The 'top menu' trick did not work on all of them.

[TheGuyWhoLovesMovies]

So I really hope somebody here can help me. I'm not experienced with these methods of using a Panasonic Blu Ray player to play a region B Blu Ray. I have a Panasonic DMP-BD75, and the only region B Blu Ray disc I have and want to play at the moment is the special features disc of the 4K Second Sight Dawn of the Dead set. I was able to get it to work on this player somehow a few times, but I still can't figure out how for sure. Everytime I try the stop and then pop up menu button right after it does now work. I want to say I was hitting the number 1 at one point and got it to work but I tried different combinations of the 1, stop, ok, and pop up menu and none of them worked. Does anyone know what the correct order to punch in on this particular model to get a region B Blu ray to play is? I just want to be able to consistently get this disc to work, and if I can do that, try to import some more discs.

Edit: if I try spamming the stop and pop up menu button too much then I get a "disc is incompatible" message pop up.

[Rasimov]

Originally Posted by TheGuyWhoLovesMovies

So I really hope somebody here can help me. I'm not experienced with these methods of using a Panasonic Blu Ray player to play a region B Blu Ray. I have a Panasonic DMP-BD75, and the only region B Blu Ray disc I have and want to play at the moment is the special features disc of the 4K Second Sight Dawn of the Dead set. I was able to get it to work on this player somehow a few times, but I still can't figure out how for sure. Everytime I try the stop and then pop up menu button right after it does now work. I want to say I was hitting the number 1 at one point and got it to work but I tried different combinations of the 1, stop, ok, and pop up menu and none of them worked. Does anyone know what the correct order to punch in on this particular model to get a region B Blu ray to play is? I just want to be able to consistently get this disc to work, and if I can do that, try to import some more discs.

Edit: if I try spamming the stop and pop up menu button too much then I get a "disc is incompatible" message pop up.

I had an older Panasonic blu-ray player at one time, and I remember having to press 1 on the remote at the region lock screen, then 1 again and OK when the 1 blinked. I think the timing was a bit finicky concerning getting it to work, though.

[TheGuyWhoLovesMovies]

Originally Posted by Rasimov

I had an older Panasonic blu-ray player at one time, and I remember having to press 1 on the remote at the region lock screen, then 1 again and OK when the 1 blinked. I think the timing was a bit finicky concerning getting it to work, though.

I'll see if that works later, but I don't think I can see the 1 blinking when I press the button. At least not with this disc. I think it was giving me some error message in the corner.

[jmilo61]

I haven't followed this thread closely, but a quick search doesn't yield any results for this one.

The French Fear City blu ray works fine with the top menu trick. Tested with a Panasonic 4K player.



Unfortunately, it has forced French subtitles when the English audio track is selected. My Panasonic player will let you shift the subtitle position, so I was able to just shift them down below the frame since they're not burned in. So not a big deal for me, but may be for others.

[Rasimov]

Originally Posted by TheGuyWhoLovesMovies

I'll see if that works later, but I don't think I can see the 1 blinking when I press the button. At least not with this disc. I think it was giving me some error message in the corner.

You might just have to time it correctly. That older Panasonic player I had was my first dedicated blu-ray player (if you don't count a PS3), and I am currently on my fourth player, but I do remember having to time the 1 presses pretty quickly to get it to work, and it was always a bit finicky for some titles.