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I know that the ultra discs are region free, So why are DVD and Blu-ray still not free in this day and age I find this strange, All my Blu-ray discs are B but my DVDs are 1 2 and 3 bought the 1 and 3 while traveling so I have to get my players chiped. so why cant we have region free for all as standard, it shurly save companys money just to make discs one region, does any one else have this thought
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A number of reasons for region coding locking some Blu-rays to one or two regions:
All these combine to result in region coding on some Blu-rays locking them to one or two regions. I've got some Asian discs that are locked to regions A and B and will not play on a Region C player. You can get region-free players, but Sony doesn't make them. Google for them and you'll find them under all the brand names, including Sony. The biggest factor is the first one - distribution rights and who owns them where.
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I see your point in that case why are some Blu-ray ABC also some DVDs 0s??
A number of reasons for region coding locking some Blu-rays to one or two regions:
All these combine to result in region coding on some Blu-rays locking them to one or two regions. I've got some Asian discs that are locked to regions A and B and will not play on a Region C player. You can get region-free players, but Sony doesn't make them. Google for them and you'll find them under all the brand names, including Sony. The biggest factor is the first one - distribution rights and who owns them where.
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Thanks for the info, really great reply
Richard
Way to make money at your expense twice if you move continent.Frustrating old world attitude.
Have you looked up the cost of moving continents? Makes the cost of a handful of BluRays look pretty insignificant.
And you can always take your existing player with you, as long as you can find somewhere to plug it in 😛