Hi. My brother is currently leading the bid in US ebay for my Sony BDP-S350. I am concerned that it will not play the Blu-Ray discs being sold here in NZ? If this is true please let me know immediately so I can stop my brother from the auction. Cheers.
P.s. I am a she :P But yeah, buying one on ebay.co.uk would be safe if he wants to try that - also a good place to buy blurays as they seem cheaper than ours
AESPABLO: Such sad news. My brother is leading the bidding, which means he will send me a player I will hardly use. Will it play ordinary DVDs available here?
Unlikely, players from the US tend not to be region free, ( from their logic, the US is the centre of the entertainment universe, why would you want to play a disc from anywhere else)
+ it will likely only be 110V, so you may need a power transformer to run it here, and you might have some fun getting a NZ based Tele to play nice with it.
In short, you could be getting a pile of hurt arriving in the post :)
bazzer: Aren't BDs region free more often than not? Or have they started enforcing regions more? This website has a list of BDs and their region status.
Yeah I use that site all the time to check region coding when I buy Blu-ray movies from overseas and find very few that aren't region free, and I have purchased over sixty so far from offshore - bonus of the currency situation at the moment.
If you do end up getting that unit you could look here: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/sony-bdp-s350/9527
There are suggestions you can make it region free - worth a look.
You might also find its a 110-240v model which just needs a NZ power lead as well.
If you can unlock it, change the cable and your TV is not too old you are probably ok.
Correction: The link above is for multizoning DVD playback. Apparently this is not the same as the region protection for Blu-Ray. I cant find any suggested methods for this....
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself - A. H. Weiler
pebbles: P.s. I am a she :P But yeah, buying one on ebay.co.uk would be safe if he wants to try that - also a good place to buy blurays as they seem cheaper than ours
Whoops, my bad :P apologies :)
Oh for the original poster, if your brother wins and gets the player sent. You can unlock it to play NZ and all region DVD players, just do a google search for BDP-S350 unlock code
There is apparently no blu-ray unlock code for it though
I have moved across the ditch. Now residing in Melbourne as a VOIP/Video Technical Trainer/Engineer.
I hope I'm not going off topic but I will be buying a AV receiver for the blu-ray. The salesperson at Harvey Norman said I have to get the later model receivers with HDMI indicated on the front panel or else the blu-ray will not show the best picture quality. Is this true? or can I just buy a decent second hand one from Trademe as long as it is a 5.1 but without HDMI indicated on the front panel. I am confused as I thought the function of the receiver was mostly for sound.
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