Posted by Sean Black on 03/19/07 09:14

In article <xaWdnWi0e-jieGDYRVnyvwA@giganews.com>, kim
<ntscuser@aol.com> writes
>"Matt Robertson" <SPEAMMENOT@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:ijcLh.7698$DX5.2040@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Pretty much as per the subject line, will I be able to play region 1
>> blu-ray and DVD's?
>
>5 seconds of typing "PS3 region lock" into Google produced the following
>information:-
>
>"Is the Playstation 3 region-free?
>Yes. Sony has stated that 1st party Playstation 3 games will be region-free,
>but Blu-Ray movies will still feature a region-lock. Third party game
>publishers can use their own discretion and decide whether or not they want
>to include region-coding in their game releases. "
>
>http://tinyurl.com/yokm8d
>
>Incidentally, a Samsung Blu-Ray disc player owning friend in the US is
>miffed
>that he is unable to play Blu-Ray disc movie titles imported from other
>parts of the world like he can with his Toshiba HD-DVD player.
>

Although a lot, but by no means all Blu-Ray discs are region free
anyway. All Fox titles seem to be region-locked, and newer Sony films
seem to be too, although not older ones, though not always. Casino
Royale, is region-locked to Reagion A in the US, but Region A,B,C with
the UK release.

The UK Samsung player can be hacked to be region-free for SD DVDs, I
believe it's the only one that can though, same with the HD DVD players
too.
--
Sean Black

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