Quote from: Vulhala on Sep 20, 2010, 09:07:43 AM
Someone on here said a little while ago that the Blu-Ray player on the PS3 was region free?
I have heard that the PS3 does not lock PS3 games by region, but it does lock PS1 & 2 games, as well as DVDs and Blu-Rays - I do not have a PS3 so I am not 100% sure.
But region coding (in Blu-Ray it's A/B/C regions) and video standard (NTSC, PAL) are two different things. Region coding is simply a method of locking the disc to play only on players from the same region. A region free player is usually multi-sync and able to play both NTSC and PAL, but I doubt that the PS3 is like that, though I could be wrong. You also need a multi-sync TV capable of displaying both NTSC and PAL images, which all HDTV's and many less than 10 years old model CRT's are.
I guess we could give it a try! But to be honest, I'm from Texas but lived in London the last 4 years, and I think that the little age restriction shields that are on DVDs and BRDs in the UK are absolutely ugly! They are on the front, back AND the spine so they look terrible IMHO, especially when mixed in with USA discs. Take a look at my collection and you see what I mean, just click the thumbnail -