blu-ray region coding - Blu-ray Forum

bluerayman · 02-27-2008, 05:28 PM

hi ppl can anyone help me out here.. im new to blue ray and have just purchased a sony blue ray player(a uk one as thts where i live) and for my first dvd i bought first blood on ebay.. when it arrived i noticed that it was american dvd and i assumed it would not play on my player as its r2 and not multi= region.. but to my surprise it did. whats going on can all amreican discs play on my player i dont know, could some one give me info on region coding thanks dave...

Blu-Style · 02-27-2008, 05:32 PM

Hi, Welcome

You can try to change your EU firmware with an US.
It´s working with Blu-ray´s.

Maybe also with DVD´s then...

davidjjanderson1981 · 02-27-2008, 06:02 PM

Hi dave,

Yes most blu-rays will play in the uk from America and around the world apart from DISNEY and FOX releases which seem to be always region coded! Although there are some Disney Blu-rays that are not coded for some reason like CARS from pixar.

Hope this helps

David

ARJB · 02-27-2008, 06:03 PM

Amazon UK is selling US Imports, none of which I've bought because of the region coding, which I thought unless you messed around with your player somehow, it wouldn't play. Saying that, I've just installed the version 3.50 firmware update on my Sony BDP-S500, from the Sony e-support US website. Still playing UK BDs no problems, despite the fact it said the firmware was for US players only!

02-27-2008, 05:28 PM	#1
bluerayman Junior Member Member since:Feb 2008	blu-ray region coding hi ppl can anyone help me out here.. im new to blue ray and have just purchased a sony blue ray player(a uk one as thts where i live) and for my first dvd i bought first blood on ebay.. when it arrived i noticed that it was american dvd and i assumed it would not play on my player as its r2 and not multi= region.. but to my surprise it did. whats going on can all amreican discs play on my player i dont know, could some one give me info on region coding thanks dave...

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02-27-2008, 05:32 PM	#2
Blu-Style Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Германия	Hi, Welcome You can try to change your EU firmware with an US. It´s working with Blu-ray´s. Maybe also with DVD´s then...

02-27-2008, 06:02 PM	#3
davidjjanderson1981 Active Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Scotland Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:195 Blu-ray reviews:4	Hi dave, Yes most blu-rays will play in the uk from America and around the world apart from DISNEY and FOX releases which seem to be always region coded! Although there are some Disney Blu-rays that are not coded for some reason like CARS from pixar. Hope this helps David

02-27-2008, 06:03 PM	#4
ARJB Junior Member Member since:Feb 2008	Amazon UK is selling US Imports, none of which I've bought because of the region coding, which I thought unless you messed around with your player somehow, it wouldn't play. Saying that, I've just installed the version 3.50 firmware update on my Sony BDP-S500, from the Sony e-support US website. Still playing UK BDs no problems, despite the fact it said the firmware was for US players only!

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