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20-12-2007, 5:34 PM
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Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
Check out this Nordic site - they have e-mailed me to confirm they WILL ship to UK ! This may be what we have waited for ..hope so.
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http://www.dvdirect.net/
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20-12-2007, 5:55 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
Yea multiregion for SD DVD only I bet, nothing to get exited about.
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20-12-2007, 6:42 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
I emailed them asking about region A,B and C multi region clarification. No response!
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20-12-2007, 7:38 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
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Originally Posted by mremulator
Yea multiregion for SD DVD only I bet, nothing to get exited about.
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hi all!!
i would have been excited about this as most of my dvd collection is region 1, at the moment i have to keep my dvd player as the sony 300 i have is region b locked.
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20-12-2007, 8:37 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
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Yea multiregion for SD DVD only I bet, nothing to get exited about.
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If you click & look in the Sony S500 it clearly states BluRay Region A & B ! |
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20-12-2007, 10:17 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
Just supposing they have hacked it, and Norway does have a reputation to uphold there, it would surely be wiped on the next firmware upgrade.
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20-12-2007, 10:17 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
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If you click & look in the Sony S500 it clearly states BluRay Region A & B !
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sames the same for the 300 aswell so you might be able to do it
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21-12-2007, 8:31 AM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
I hope it's true, however, I'll believe it when I see it.
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22-12-2007, 10:09 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
Good news if true, and I'd certainly be tempted to buy one.
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23-12-2007, 12:10 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
I really hope they have done it but my understanding of Blu-ray says the very next firmware update or indeed disk based media check, I don't know if it is actually in use but as I read it the discs themselves can be embedded with software which will be run the players virtual machine when you attempt to playback a disk that can either reset or possibly brick the player in response to a detetected modification.
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23-12-2007, 1:20 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
True, but I imagine they've thought of that already.
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25-12-2007, 9:32 AM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
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They say, firmware updates do not affect players:
Worlds First Multiregion modification for Blu-ray players Date: Friday 14 December, 2007
News Content:
We have started selling modification kits for these two players. Other players will follow soon.
Ofcourse it will also be possible to have your player modified by us.
Hundreds of hours of development have gone into the modifications for the Sony line of Blu-ray players.
We have modified thousands of DVD players since 1997, so you can be assured it is 100% working.
Even with the modification installed, the players remain fully upgradeable with the latest firmware updates.
Development
Currently we are working on modifications for the Samsung BD-P1400, Pioneer Elite 95/BDP-LX70A and the Panasonic DMP-BD30 |
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30-12-2007, 2:57 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
My worry would be Sony will get their hands on one of the modified machines and specifically engineer a software/firmware update/disk based check designed to neutralise the mod. I do hope they don't because once a profile 1.1 or 2.0 machine is out and multi-regioned I will probably finally buy one. Until then I will stick with my new pc which has a bd drive, and I may change it for a BD/HDDVD combo drive and go multiformat.
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30-12-2007, 3:00 PM
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Re: Region Free Sony & Samsung Blu Ray Players !
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My worry would be Sony will get their hands on one of the modified machines and specifically engineer a software/firmware update/disk based check designed to neutralise the mod.
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