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What a bunch of crap.
I can (almost) understand region coding for new releases, due to different release dates across the globe, but there's really no excuse for it with older movies. There are older catalog titles being released in Europe but not here that are region B. I'm underwhelmed.
Anyone know of any hacks in the US?
There are a few places doing old Sony players, and one place doing a Panasonic for an extra $300. I'd love to find a hack for the sharp player.
For those of you who claim, "It doesn't effect me or anyone I know", it DOES effect me. There are so few titles announced that I'm actually interested in owning, and some of the ones I am interested in I cannot play. Its aggravating and unnecessary.
So much for being consumer friendly.
Jack
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I'm surprised the EU even tolerates such shoddy business practice. I guess you don't mess with the MPAA. At least BitTorent and others are fighting the good fight.
Based on their brilliant success with SACD, Sony has apparently learned that confusing the buying public is their best strategy. What has happened to this company? Their string of losses on new introductions would embarrass even the year-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Keep in mind that these Blu-ray players will output the frame rate for the region that the disc was intended for (ie, 60Hz, 50Hz). If you don't have a multi-system display, you can't use them.
I had my iPod hooked up to my Sharp TV one day and for grins, I switched it's video output to PAL, and to my surprise, it worked perfectly!
Sony SXRD: these players don't convert 50Hz to 60Hz.
My plasma accepts just about all video systems from the known world (NTSC, PAL, SECAM and even that "M" thingy).
...quite a few non-region BDs available, especially from Europe.
Is that trend reversing? The US movie studios will never drop it, no matter how stupid it is for older titles.
Like you, I'm probably less interested in the current releases than most buyers. I buy mainly classic, foreign, art house and TV series, very few blockbusters or current cinema. But I guess I'll have to invest in a region free player at some point, unless Oppo finally gets their BD player to market.
I'd check out the forums at avsforum.com
> > > Is that trend reversing? < < <
It seems to be, but this may just be a momentary spike.
There are a few molded players that can be switched A/B.
As for Oppo, their eventual player, if they build one, will probably be DVd region free, but I don't know if they'll be allowed to make the Blu-ray section region free.
Jack
EDIT: As a side note, one of the ones I was interested in is supposed to look like dog doo, so perhaps I lucked out.
I don't understand why they make region specific stand alone players now. When the HTPC guys like myself can play any region Blu Ray or standard DVD.
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