UK Star Trek Seasons

[aimforsilence]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.