Blu-ray Region Coding

[BookerBlood]

Hi, I live in the UK and assumed that my Blu Ray player would only play Region B discs.

I have bought several discs that look to be Region A off reputable dealers on Ebay. They play fine.

Would anyone know if these are exceptionally good pirates or if this is normal for BluRay coding?

Many thanks

Dave

[Joe Cain]

Packaging & spec listings are frequently incorrect.

Originally Posted by Merlins

Rough guidelines:
Neutral studios release region free discs.
Exclusive studios have the day-and-dates region coded, everything else region free.

However there are exceptions and here are a little bit more specific information studio by studio:

Sony: Only day-and-dates are region coded, however some older releases was region coded. For Releases in Europe and Australia, all releases are region free (like Spider Man 3 for example that even is released sooner in Australia and is region free.)
Disney: Only day-and-dates are region coded, however some older releases was region coded.
Lionsgate: Have a mix of region coded and region free discs. Will probably only region code their newer in the future.
Fox: Have only released region coded discs in USA but have almost only released region free discs in Europe and Australia lately.
MGM: Have some region free discs but have followed Fox otherwise.
Paramount: All discs are region free.
Warner: All discs are region free.
New Line: Only day-and-dates are region coded.
Starz/Anchor Bay: Have only released region free discs.
Magnonlia Pictures: Mostly region free discs but have some region coded also.
R&B Films: All discs are region free.
Image Entertainment: All discs are region free.
Eagle Rock Entertainment: All discs are region free.
BBS Video: All discs are region free.

In Europe are even more exclusive Blu-ray distributors region free.

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

From the "what region code is it? thread. Check with http://bluray.liesinc.net/ for information in individual titles.

[shock_terminal]

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

[dazzM]

Originally Posted by shock_terminal

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

I always check to make sure before i buy. Then again my bdp1000 will let me change the uk firmware for the us version

[Clark Kent]

66.37% of all currently released Region A titles are region free and can be played in your Region B player.

Source:

http://www.blu-raystats.com/