Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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June 2006
June 2006
CountO said -
I understand what you are meaning (menus etc), but for the record (as Tony1569 indicated), the Japanese Blu-ray discs are compatible for North American players [not region 'locked'] since both areas are part of the Region A group.
Thankfully, the majority of Region B and Region C Blu-ray titles are 'region-free' and playback compatible anywhere, although some of the NEW release movies from Fox and Disney (occasionally Sony and others) are region-locked.
To keep tabs on the various Blu-ray region releases, keep monitoring websites such as http://www.blurayregioncodes.com (again, thanks to Skyhawk for providing this info several months back).
And for those living in North America, a great source for purchasing overseas titles (DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-ray) is thru Cincinnati Ohio (USA)-based Xploited Cinema - who provides excellent and fast service.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
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"I wouldn't buy movies from japan, for example, because that is one of the languages that I cannot read at all, the menus would be problematic."
I understand what you are meaning (menus etc), but for the record (as Tony1569 indicated), the Japanese Blu-ray discs are compatible for North American players [not region 'locked'] since both areas are part of the Region A group.
Thankfully, the majority of Region B and Region C Blu-ray titles are 'region-free' and playback compatible anywhere, although some of the NEW release movies from Fox and Disney (occasionally Sony and others) are region-locked.
To keep tabs on the various Blu-ray region releases, keep monitoring websites such as http://www.blurayregioncodes.com (again, thanks to Skyhawk for providing this info several months back).
And for those living in North America, a great source for purchasing overseas titles (DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-ray) is thru Cincinnati Ohio (USA)-based Xploited Cinema - who provides excellent and fast service.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
