internaltional blu-ray compatibility - some work, one doesn't. How fix?

[Robert Crawford]

I live in region 2, but buy many region 1 dvd's and blu-rays. I got a player that I de-regionalized successfully. Then I bought T2, skynet edition, and it tells me that there is a region problem. What can I do? It plays my other region 1's just fine.

Thanks,
Rob

[hech54]

Very very few Blu Ray players can be made to ignore Blu Ray region codes.

[Robert Crawford]

Yes, well thanks, hech54. But my other blu-rays do work on it, only one doesn't. DOes each company encode them differently? That is a big disincentive to buy them, if so.

[KBeee]

You might have just made the DVD playback region free, while the BluRay playback is still locked. That happens lots of times due to the strengthened security on the BluRay side.
Many BD's which are sold as region locked are in fact multi region, despite what it says on the packaging. That could explain why Zone 1 locked disks you've tried will play, until you get a true Zone 1 locked one. There are websites that give details of the true region coding for BD's, if you Google for them.
Also T2 Skynet edition seems to give lots of problems anyway, even with the correct region for the player, some needing a firmware update to play it, others needing a USB memory stick to enable it to play....

[fritzi93]

It's rather surprising to see how many BD discs are indeed region-free:

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

The T2 Skynet BD disc is not region-free.

If I were you, I'd just make a region-free backup.

1) Run DVDFabPassKey in the background, and copy the disc to your hard drive.

2) Re-encode to BD25 (single-layer Blu-Ray recordable) with BDRebuilder, *if* you have a Blu-Ray burner.

3) If you don't have a Blu-ray burner, re-encode with BDRB to BD9 (double-layer DVD recordable). There's a good chance it will play on your standalone Blu-Ray player. BTW, what model player do you have?

4) Burn with ImgBurn.

Good luck.

[EDIT] Ooh, just noticed you're on a Mac.

[hech54]

Yes, well thanks, hech54. But my other blu-rays do work on it, only one doesn't. DOes each company encode them differently? That is a big disincentive to buy them, if so.

You say you have a player that you "de-regionalized successfully".......de-regionalized for what?....DVD playback or Blu Ray playback?

[Robert Crawford]

Both. I can play dvd's and blu-rays from any region. Then I got T2 and it says the region is wrong. Very strange, eh? Thanks for you ideas! There must be a way to play that.

[fritzi93]

I very much doubt you've unlocked Blu-Ray, but rather only DVD, for reasons given above. And you still haven't told us the model of your standalone player.

[Robert Crawford]

It is possible, but I can play region 1 blu-ray and it is a region-2-bought device.

It is the Philips BDP3100. I got the code (1389310) on videohelp.

I really do appreciate the help. Thanks.

[jman98]

Every one of the very very few BluRay players that actually are region free for BluRay playback require special hardware modifications to support this. I think you are misunderstanding your situation and you are assuming that your BluRay discs are only for region A. I don't believe that you actually unlocked true region free BluRay playback by simply entering a code on your Philips player. I would bet that your "region A" BluRay discs are almost all region free in reality. There is no "region 1" in BluRay. It is regions A, B and C.

[fritzi93]

The hack for that player is for DVD region-free, not Blu-Ray. Read the second comment by Ryderman.

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/philips-bdp3100/10850

[Robert Crawford]

THanks very much to you both. The only question I have is: why can I play one blu-ray with a US format but not another?

[dvd3500]

Very simple: Region-free Blu-ray players are practically non-existant. Your Philips is NOT region free for Blu-Ray. The discs you have been playing happen to have more than one region on them.

As
fritzi93
pointed out, many Blu-Ray Discs are region free or multi-region.
I have a Philips 7300 Blu Ray player I can make region free for DVD, but not Blu-Ray- I can play tons of Blu-Rays from the US but I always check http://bluray.liesinc.net/ before buying a non-European Blu-Ray. I think you have a disc that you cannot play on a European player.

I did a scan of that and some other sites and found that over 60% of blu-rays are region free or multi-region.

So whoever sold you the player claiming it could get around Blu-Ray region coding lied.

Another note: There is no such thing as "US Format" and "European" format anymore with Blu-Rays. They are all (more or less) encoded to 1080p 24p. PAL and NTSC are so 1990s.

[Robert Crawford]

To dvd3500, thanks for the explanation. Much appreciated.

It makes me wonder why these standards are so different, if not to milk consumers. But then, I am a business reporter, so I should have researched this before assuming...whatever.

This thread has been most useful and enlightening.

Thanks, Rob

[dvd3500]

Blame the studios Rob.
They forced all this region crap on us.
HD DVD was completely and utterly region free BTW...

[lordsmurf]

if not to milk consumers.

Exactly.
Read a pretty good definition here: http://www.digitalFAQ.com/forum/showthread.php/uk-dvds-regions-1948.html?p=10186#post10186

[KBeee]

Blame the studios Rob.
They forced all this region crap on us.
HD DVD was completely and utterly region free BTW...

and all BluRay disks were region free too (I guess Zone A + Zone B + Zone C enabled in reality), until the HD DVD competition was killed off.