Stupid Blu-ray/DVD question

[Seven of Five]

I was finally thinking about snapping up a player for myself. I know the Blu-ray player will play my old DVDs, but will it play DVDs from two different regions? Or is that something you need to unlock?

I said it was stupid.

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Depends on the player, I suppose. Some offer multi region, some don't and some can...

 

[JustAFriend]

You need to find out the make and model number and look up the specs on the Net.

Google is your friend...

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

You might also want to check if a player can be modified to play Blu-rays from different regions, as well as DVDs from different regions.

 

[Seven of Five]

So I won't know till I buy one then?

I did a few google searches the other day and thats what confused me - I could find codes for making Blu-Ray players multi-region, but had no idea if that meant just Blu-ray disks would work, or DVDs too.

Stupid question really.

 

[Pindar]

My bluray player is multi region for DVD's but not for blurays.

Ask in store what models are multi region.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I have an LG player that has hacks that makes it multiregion for either DVDs or Blu-ray, but not both at the same time. Luckily I own only region B Blu-ray discs. One good thing about the now defunct HD-DVD format was that it didn't have region codes.

 

[Ziz]

www.videohelp.com

Punch in the make/model of the player you're looking at and they'll tell you if there are any hacks or "undocumented features" of note.