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The region free disc works with any Blu-ray player. As explained below:
Region A: U.S., Japan, Latin America, East Asia (except China).
Region B: Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Region C: China, Russia, India, remaining countries.
However, despite the provisions for Blu-ray Disc region coding, many Blu-ray Discs are released without region coding. In this case, you can play a non-region coded disc that is released in any area of the World. But for the rest, you need region free Blu-ray player software to help you. For example, Aurora Blu-ray Player software, etc.
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What are the Ray?
Regions are global areas defined by the BluRay consortium. In order the allow the introduction of movies in different countries on different dates, most Bluray movies have a region code embedded in them. Bluray players will only play movies authored for the region in which they are sold. There are movies on the market, however, that are region-free, and can be played on any Bluray player anywhere in the world.
Can you play DVD region 1 on a Blu-ray player?
A region 1 DVD is intended to be used in North America. Any BluRay player purchased in North America should play the disc. Bluray players from other regions such as Europe will be expecting to play discs marked with a different region code so are unlikely to pay a region 1 DVD.
What are the Blu-ray regions?
Regions are global areas defined by the BluRay consortium. In order the allow the introduction of movies in different countries on different dates, most Bluray movies have a region code embedded in them. Bluray players will only play movies authored for the region in which they are sold. There are movies on the market, however, that are region-free, and can be played on any Bluray player anywhere in the world.
Do BluRay DVD players also play non Blu-Ray DVD's?
Yes, BluRay DVD players also play non Blu-Ray DVDs with no problem.
Does a DVD supermulti drive play Blu-ray?
DVD players and drives cannot handle Bluray discs, whether recording to them or reading from them. Bluray players and drives on the other hand can use DVD discs as well as Bluray discs.
Will a Japanese audio CD work on an American CD player?
Unlike DVDs, Bluray discs and most games, CDs are not region coded. CDs from any region will play in any player.
Will a HDMI up convert DVD player play blu-ray disks as well?
DVD players cannot play Bluray discs. The lasers and the data storage are different so no data can be read from a Bluray disc in a DVD drive. That is the case whether or not there is any up-scaling available in the player. Bluray players on the other hand are quite happy to play DVDs as well as Bluray discs.
Do bluray DVD players play HD DVD's?
No and HD DVDs have been permanently discontinued
North American blu-ray player play region 2 bluray discs?
North America is classed as region 1 for DVD, Bluray and games coding. The codes are there specifically to prevent discs from one region being used in another. Region 2 covers Europe. There have been a handful of DVD players that did not check the region code and would play discs from any region. Bluray players appear to be far more tightly controlled and it is very unlikely that any commercially available player will allow the coding to be bypassed. It is possible that players can be modified to remove the coding restrictions but these are unofficial modifications, void warranties and cannot be guaranteed to work continuously. As frustrating as the region coding is, the easiest and lowest cost route to take is to buy discs intended for use on your own player. Note that as the region coding is a commercial protection, non commercial DVD and Bluray discs do not have the code and can be handled by any player. That is subject to the player and the television handling European 50Hz content. The US normally uses 60Hz video so there is still no guarantee that your specific setup will work. It's a case of studying the manuals to make sure.
Do bluray DVD players play normal DVDs?
Yes. Some Blu-Ray players can even play photo CDs and some can even display data on SD cardsAll players can, but not the very early ones (the first ones were manufactured in 2006)All Blu-Ray players can play DVDs and CDs
Can you upgrade your HD DVD player to play Blu-ray discs?
HD DVD and Bluray are both high definition disc formats but they were not only competitive formats but incompatible formats as well. While the battle for the HD market was in progress a handful of players were sold that would support both formats. These players were expensive and very few were ever sold. Unfortunately, HD DVD only players will not play Bluray and Bluray players will not play HD DVD discs. It is still worth keeping HD DVD players as they are the only players capable of HD DVD discs.
Does the Toshiba C55t-A play bluray?
Yes, the Toshiba C55T does play the bluray.
