US Import Blu-Ray discs

[admin_exported]

Do US Import Blu-Rays work on BD players bought here? I've got a Sony BDP-S360.

 

[Anonymous]

No, unless they are modified to accept Region 1 blu-ray discs.

 

[Torres09]

No, they dont, unless of course you have a multi region BD Player, and the S360 is'nt im afraid....

 

[Anonymous]

Torres09:No, they dont, unless of course you have a multi region BD Player, and the S360 is'nt im afraid....

Is there a hack?

 

[Torres09]

AFAIK no hack to make it region free for BD, there is a hack to make it region free for DVD, if the player was'nt RF already...

 

[Anonymous]

There's lots of discs that are region free, probably the majority. Most discs I bought in the US are region free (but not all, so it's worth checking if your player doesn't support region 1). It depends on the studio policy.

Check out wikipedia for said studio policies.

 

[Anonymous]

This definitely requires a firmware update. The Denon that I recently got has had a firmware update to play Region 1 blu-rays as the previous owner had loads of them from the US.

 

[Andrew Everard]

To be accurate, that's Region A Blu-rays...

 

[The_Lhc]

Andrew Everard:To be accurate, that's Region A Blu-rays...

To be precise, that's Aegion R Ru-Blays.

 

[michael hoy]

These people sell region free discs

 

[Andrew Everard]

Well, lots of people sell the discs, but Movietyme does actually test ostensibly Region A discs to see whether they will, in fact, play on players locked to other regions, for which the company should be applauded.

 

[michael hoy]

Andrew.

My intention was to put more detail in, but just received a call from work and cut it short.

At least they do guarantee discs will work.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Indeed.