Blu-Ray region

[chimmychunger]

ok so i live in australia and am fed up of everything arriving later here. so i was wondering what would be my best bet with blu ray's

 

1. use my Australian blu ray player buy blu rays from america and hope they are region free

 

2. buy a american blu ray player and buy all my blu rays from america

 

3. or get a region free blu ray player. by the way how would i find a multi region blu ray player if i did this

 

[Antistatic12]

Unlock a bluray player. Google what models you can and can't. There are a few Aussie AV forums around or BCWhirlpool forums should have the answer.
 

 

This is because with DVD, the player queries the disc as to its region and rejects it if it does not match the player, so players could be made genuinely multi-region in firmware by simply telling it to accept any region a disc bears.

The bluray region system deliberately works in reverse – the software on the disc queries the player for its region, and will not allow playback if the player's response is not correct. Thus, the player can not be made multi-region (in the automatic, play anything thrown at it sense); at best some can be region-switchable, which means you have to punch a code in from the remote to change from region B to region A before you load the disc – which then queries the player, gets told region A, and plays. You then have to reverse the process again when you want to play a local region B disc.

It's no wonder some people end up just buying two players to be done with it.

From BCWhirlpool this year(2014)

Looks like it is a bit more of a pain than DVD from the forums I have been reading.
"Laser BD1000" seems to be a popular choice however you need to change the region each time.

If you get a USA player, normally products like that a set to local voltage only. So in order to use it you would need a step down transformer taking the 200~ volts to 100~volts. And they are big and can be expensive.
That players being said, some might be 100-240~volts.
 

[chimmychunger]

Unlock a bluray player. Google what models you can and can't. There are a few Aussie AV forums around or BCWhirlpool forums should have the answer.

 

From BCWhirlpool this year(2014)

Looks like it is a bit more of a pain than DVD from the forums I have been reading.

"Laser BD1000" seems to be a popular choice however you need to change the region each time.

If you get a USA player, normally products like that a set to local voltage only. So in order to use it you would need a step down transformer taking the 200~ volts to 100~volts. And they are big and can be expensive.

That players being said, some might be 100-240~volts.

 

 

i actually just looked on amazon uk and its the same region as me and at a cheaper price and they all come out around that same time as america