Multi Region Blu Ray Player Buying information, FAQs, and buying guide.
Commonly referred to as multi region blu ray dvd players, and bluray dvd players region free, code free, codefree, multiregion

BLU-RAY dvd players commonly reffered to as BluRay dvd player, Blu Ray disc players, often incorrectly spelled as blue ray dvd players are HI-defintion dvd players that offer the best video footage currently available. Similar to standard dvd players, blu-ray dvd players are not the same around the world. Blu-ray discs have regional coding and restrictions just like standard dvd movies. However it gets a little complicated because in Blu-ray region codeing the world is divided into only 3 region unlike standard dvd movies. To make things even more complicated Blu-ray dvd players also play standard DVDs so when if you are looking to purchase a Multi region blu ray player, you will want to make sure it can play the standard dvd movies from the regions of your choice. After reading this short article you should know more then you want or need to regarding multi region blu ray dvd movies. However if you are still not able to find the information you want, then you may call us as well at (847) 690-0847.

Blu Ray regional codeing explianed

Blu Ray Region codes Explained:

Blu-ray standard Blu ray discs are encoded with a region code, intended to restrict the area of the world in which they can be played; similar to the DVD region codes. Blu-ray players sold in a certain region should only be able to play discs encoded for that region. The purpose of this system is to allow motion picture studios to control the various aspects of a release (including content, date, and, in particular, price) according to the region.

Blu-ray Region Codeing Map. Bluray region code map
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Blu-ray Region code Area
A North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.
B Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, plus all of Oceania.
C India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mainland China, Pakistan, Russia, Central, and South Asia.

Most Multi Region Blu-Ray dvd players will play DVD movies from Regions A and B.

Standard DVD Region Code Explained:
multi region blu ray dvd player region map for standard dvd players that are region free

  • Region 1 - The U.S., U.S. territories and Canada
  • Region 2 - Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland

    Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, European Union, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Republic), Malta, Moldova, Principality of Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia,South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Kingdom (Channel Islands) Vatican City State, Yemen, Yugoslavia
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  • Region 3 - Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong
  • Region 4 - Mexico, South America, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Caribbean
  • Region 5 - Russia (okay, former Russia), Eastern Europe, India, most of Africa, North Korea, Mongolia
  • Region 6 - China

Most region free/ code free dvd players will play discs from any of these regions.  Thes players are very popular and are often reffered to as region free dvd playes, Multi region dvd player, code free dvd players codefree dvd players, zone free dvd players and Multi zone dvd players.
However if you purchase a Multi Region Blu-Ray dvd player, it will only play dvd movies from Region 1 & 2.

Is there such a thing as a MULTIREGION BLU-RAY player?

Yes there are now modifications available to make Region A/1 Blu-ray players Multi region. After they are modified they will play Region 1/A as well as Region 2/B. For Blu-ray as you can see above that covers most of the world. The best modification for a blu-ray multi region dvd player is the ICOS World Class modification. It comes wtih a lifetime guarantee from www.RegionCodeFreeDvd.com if purchased there, and they are firmware upgradeable incase the manufacturer releases a new software version.

Besides being able to see movies before approved release dates many films come out in various edited versions. Some have scenes deleted or augmented in various versions but if you want the complete unedited version of your favorite film and it isn't available in your country you might normally have no way of ever seeing it unless you traveled to a country having your version available. But just because you can see it in that country doesn't mean you can take it home and view it on your player and on your TV. Quite the contrary. That's where a multiregion BLU-RAY DVD player comes in.

Other uses include International relocation. If you think you will move overseas or are moving overseas buying a multi region blu-ray player might be a great idea. Many people that live in Europe buy Multi region blu-ray dvd players from the USA just because they are so much cheaper here in the USA. You can usually buy a multi region blu-ray player made by Sony in the USA for the same price as you would be a regoin 2/B player in Europe. So if you think you may be buying blu-ray movies from the USA this is a very smart idea to buy a multi region blu-ray dvd player.

To block you studio require that the Blu-ray standard include codes to prevent playback of certain discs in certain geographical regions. Each player is given a code for the region in which it's sold. The player will refuse to play discs that are not coded for its region. This means that a disc bought in one country may not play on a player bought in another country and even if it could there is the matter of the VIDEO STANDARD to deal with. There are two standards in regular DVDs and two in BLU-RAY (Please rad below about this as actually in HDMI there are NO video standards) and they are NTSC and PAL. These alone make it impossible to view a disc of one standard on a TV that isn't of that standard even if you have a MULTIREGION BLU-RAY DVD player. The TV must match (unless you have a BLU-RAY discs playing in a MULTIREGION PLAYER via HDMI output)!

Is Pal, NTSC Secam in issue with blu-ray? Is 50 and 60 frame rates a problem with blue when playing foreign movies?

The answer to this question is MAYBE. Many TVs in the USA and Overseas will support 50 and 60 lines although it is really not a printed specification on the manufacturers specs. In the High resolution HDMI signal Pal/NTSC/Secam is no longer a problem, however the difference really is in the fram rates. 60 freames per 2nd is what we use in the USA whil 50 is what is used in Europe. This difference may cause a Region 2/B blu-ray movie not to play on your TV here in the USA or Vice Versa in Europe. Most TVs are not effected with this issue. So as long as you buy a multi region blu-ray dvd player you should have no problem. However some TVs are effected by this, in which case you will need to purchase a Pal NTSC video converter. These can run about $359 so it is recommended to try it with your tv without the converter first. Iit doesn't work then you will need to purchase the video converter.  There is really no way to know which TVs will need the video converter and which ones won't.

We hope this information will help you in purchasing a multi region blu-ray dvd player. Multi region blu ray dvd players can be purchased at www.regioncodefreedvd.com There you will also find region free dvd players, code free dvd players, multi region dvd players, and blu-ray dvd players that are multi region multi zone and multi code. Please call us if you have any questions at (847) 690-0847 and we will be happy to help you.