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In Reply to: RE: My recommendation would be the moded player. posted by Audiophilander on December 22, 2008 at 13:13:29

You and I, the movie collectors of world cinema, are hardly the problem. BDA just makes life harder for the enthusiasts for no appreciable gain, as you're quite right IMO about the downloaders - hell, the guys with the vid-cams at theaters are more dangerous than us. Most of what I'm interested in is either never going to be released stateside, or will be altered or inferior version in this region. Luckily there are many titles I covet that are not coded, but several that are locked to Region B. It's hilarious as most titles I'm interested in aren't terribly commercial anyway. UGH!!

This is really too bad. I can live without a BD player for awhile, but the Oppo-out-of-the-box option seems closed for now.

Follow Ups:

Agreed - Jack G 05:54:38 12/23/08 (2)
Ironically, all of the Region B locked movies I want are older catalog titles that have been out on DVD for years.
Jack
- I have the sinking feeling that Oppo is in the process of manufacturing it's first Edsel. (nt) - Audiophilander 10:00:58 12/23/08 (1)
  :o(
  - I'm not so sure - Jack G 10:08:57 12/23/08 (0)
    They do have a following.
    That said, they are famous for being region free, and relatively cheap. This will be neither. I wasn't expecting it to be BD Region free, but I suspect they succumbed to pressure by some in the BDA to be DVD region locked as well.
    It doesn't even internally decode all the lossless audio formats.
    I would have expected better for $600.
    Jack

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