Region free Blue Ray Players..

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pompeynz

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#93411 21-Nov-2011 08:42

Can any helpful person give me any info on which Region free Blue Ray players are out there in NZ, i am looking for one hopefully between the $ 150 - $200 range. What could be the best deal i could get.. And do they ALL play those original DVD's??

I haven't bought a new DVD player for ages!!!
Many thanks in advance for your help/comments.

Iain

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#547674 21-Nov-2011 08:49

At that price unlikely. The expensive Oppo is the only one I know of but I did hear of a cheap brand that depending on the batch number could be made region free. I think it was Soniq brand..

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#547705 21-Nov-2011 09:24

What kind of region free? DVD? Blu-ray?

I got a Memorex Blu-Ray player from Firstin a while back (<$100). Its region free for Blu-rays but Im stuck with region 1 for DVD's as there is no method to change the DVD region. Its noisy as heck when it plays DVD's so I still have a region free DVD player.

pompeynz

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#547718 21-Nov-2011 09:44

In response i only want the region free for DVD not the blue ray discs, i have been looking this morning at the Sony BDP - S380... comments please on that model?

And i do know that i can play my region 1 and 2 discs on this model.

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#547736 21-Nov-2011 10:23

A friend recently bought the Veon home theatre setup (VN2921BR), and using the Soniq unlocking codes mentioned in another GZ thread, I can confirm it does region-free DVD and allows the changing of Bluray regions seemingly without limit.

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#547737 21-Nov-2011 10:24

pompeynz: In response i only want the region free for DVD not the blue ray discs, i have been looking this morning at the Sony BDP - S380... comments please on that model?

And i do know that i can play my region 1 and 2 discs on this model.

In my experienc Sony models are DVD Region free when purchased and Panasonic will be made Region Free by one of their sevice agents free of charge within 12 months on production of sales receipt.
Just take your discs into a store and ask to try them on their demo models. If they want the sale they should oblige.

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#548161 21-Nov-2011 23:28

pompeynz: In response i only want the region free for DVD not the blue ray discs, i have been looking this morning at the Sony BDP - S380... comments please on that model?

And i do know that i can play my region 1 and 2 discs on this model.

Just bought one on Friday and quite happily plays my region 1 copies of the LOTR trilogy and the Firefly series.

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#548198 22-Nov-2011 07:55

You might want to have a read of this thread from a few months ago when I bought a blu-ray player. Ended up with the Sony 380 which I have been very happy with.

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#553682 4-Dec-2011 20:31

Yeah, recent Sony models are usually all good for out of region DVD playback, had no problem here either

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#553684 4-Dec-2011 20:34

I've been told that Toshiba do a region free BluRay player that'll play any BluRay you throw at it. Don't know the model #, but it's around $200'ish. Worth taking region restricted BluRay's into a store, trying it, and seeing how things work for you?

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#553699 4-Dec-2011 21:06

Samsungs are usually very easy to unlock for DVD, just search online for samsung hacks and you will usually get a number of hits (I've done 3 sammys this way). Panasonics can just be taken into a panasonic service agent to be made unlocked for DVD.
I was under the impression that BLuray players cant be unlocked for bluray regions (someone will correct me if i'm wrong though).

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#553702 4-Dec-2011 21:11

No issues with my Samsung. The retailer gave me the instructions to unlock DVD region. I may stand corrected,but AFAIK you can't get a BR region free in NZ.

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#553727 4-Dec-2011 21:40

i have and works very good

http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=827825

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#553741 4-Dec-2011 21:55

*Boom*

http://peteswrite.blogspot.com/2011/09/region-free-blu-ray-players-toshiba.html