Has anyone come across any multi-region Blu Ray or HD DVD players? Or, failing that, some way to render them multi-region?
I really don’t feel like buying two HD players just to be able to play two regions!
Multiregion Blu Ray OR HD DVD Players?
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The best thing to do with these right now is to ignore them for a year or so, really. It’s entirely likely to turn into a Betamax situation.
Robert
I’m beginning to get that feeling as well 🙂
Michele
HD releases don’t seem to have the same problem as SD releases in Region 1 coming out months before R2. Why do you need multiregion?
As for HDDVD vs BD… well, it *looks* as though BD is getting the upper hand (for now). I’m still planning to get a Samsung BD-UP5000 to cope with both formats, and keeping my existing (multiregion) DVD player for SD stuff.
I wouldn’t be totally amazed if a third format shows up. The whole thing has been going on for a while, and no-one is actually using either; the manufacturers might take the opportunity to push something better out.
This more or less happened with writable DVDs, as I remember.
@Colm – I don’t know what gave you that idea, but from what I’ve been seeing with release dates the blu ray / hd versions go on sale at the same time as the standard release, so the US may get them several months ahead of Europe
I recently purchased a Blueray DVD in the US. It was listed as region A and the shop assistant told me that this ment All regions. I tried it on a PS3 and it does not work. ..Does anybody know where i could get this copied..even in Sd format.
It is the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular Show and it is not made in region 2/B.
any advice please to albertnoonan@noonanmoran.ie
Albert – I’ve no idea about copying services. Isn’t it possible to get it in region 2?
HDDVDs are region free 🙂 If this was more widely published then perhaps they would sell better than Blu Ray.
Rob
They are at the moment, but with Warner not releasing new titles for the format I’d be wary of making the investment
Michele
Yep, I agree Michele, and it really looks like the end of HDDVD now that Toshiba are stopping building the players. Still, if there was a single format I’d have bought one a long time ago.
For multi-region Blu Ray, Stegen Electronics in The Netherlands sell multi-region Pioneer and Sony players, and I believe they ship around the world.
See http://www.stegen.com/index.php/cPath/61
Rob