[78-L] OFF TOPIC - Canadian members - Blu-Ray DVD player question

[Mike Harkin]

Have you tried giggle?  A search on hacking dvd region codes gave  a very easy hack for
my Philips model; thought I'd need it when I ordered some region 1 discs from Amazon.
Must be factory-hacked as 1's play fine, tho' when you ask it, the player tells you it's a 2.
Hacking BR looked more complicated, but possible.  Tempted to get a cheap BR just to see if it's factory-hacked for them also....  Ah, the wonders of technology!

Mike in Plovdiv



--- On Wed, 3/20/13, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [78-L] OFF TOPIC - Canadian members - Blu-Ray DVD player question
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 11:23 PM

Can't help you there since I haven't made the switch yet.

dl

On 3/20/2013 5:13 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>
> Might be best to reply off list...
>
> Does anyone have, or know of, an INEXPENSIVE (around $100) Blu-Ray player which will play
> ALL zones (A B C) BD disks, and DVDs from all regions ???
>
> A while ago I purchased an INSIGNIA player (BEST BUY house brand) about $90 which meets those
> criteria, however on some recent UNIVERSAL disks the extras display only as thumbnail size
> images.  On another, expensive, player which a relative has they display correctly.  I am assuming it is a problem with the
> player.  It could also be a problem with the TV or TV/Player
> combination.
> I also tried an OREI M2 player, which seems to work OK ONLY for BD disks which are zone coded,
> but will NOT play non-zoned disks, and will not play MANY Criterion disks.  It also takes
> incredibly long to load, somewhat alleviated by connecting a memory stick (I guess that gives
> it additional memory to do its tasks).
>    Thanks!
>    Best wishes, Thomas.
>
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