Alegend1994 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I've done a bit of research into multi-regional blu-ray drives for desktops and found that there were none then I came across a site that said that all drives are multi-regional and it's the program that you use to play the disc that checks the region coding of the disc.So is this true because I live in the UK (Region and want to import a load of discs from the US (Region A) and I found some software that will allow me to change from one region code to another quite easily, here is the site where I can get the software Blu-ray Region Tray Tool, also if anyone has tried this software could you tell me how good it is.Thanks to anyone that helps =)EDITAnyone interested in seeing whether a blu-ray has more region enabled than displayed on the box can check this site out:blu-ray.comIt will show whether a blu-ray disc is locked to one region or is enabled to many, some are have yet to be tested though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I was under the impression Blu-ray doesn't have region encoding and that's a big reason why Japan is so scared of reverse importation of a lot of their anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dude888 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 Blu-ray technology does support region code but most (70% approximately, im no expert) of Blu-ray releases aren't region encoded.I was under the impression Blu-ray doesn't have region encoding and that's a big reason why Japan is so scared of reverse importation of a lot of their anime.I don't know about that, but Japan has the same region code as the US. Which is region 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegend1994 Posted February 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I was under the impression Blu-ray doesn't have region encoding and that's a big reason why Japan is so scared of reverse importation of a lot of their anime.Yeah the region coding has been passed on from DVD's unfortunately, which I hate because there are so much anime in the US which won't work on my blu-ray player. Here's a map of the world region coding:(Source from Wikipedia)Japan and the US have the same region code so that'll be why Japan is so scared of reverse importation, I think Season 2 of Sora no Otoshimono (Heaven's Lost Property) is an example of this with the blu-ray edition being postponed in the US.Blu-ray technology does support region code but most (70% approximately, im no expert) of Blu-ray releases aren't region encoded.I'm not sure about this since on Amazon.co.uk (Amazon UK: ef ~ A Tale of Memories) there's no sign that it's region coded but on Amazon.com (Amazon US: ef ~ A Tale of Memories) it says that it is Region 1 (Region A). So I guess I could try it and see if it works.EDIT:Actually the US import from Amazon UK is still Region A, I checked the back casing image and it showed the Region A logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I don't know about that, but Japan has the same region code as the US. Which is region 1Ah yes, this was it. I just forgot about it.On DVD's our region code is R1 while Japan is R2.However in Blu-ray, we share the same region code and thus that was why they fear reverse importation so much and thus want to increase prices and delay releases over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junh1024 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Why dontu just use AnyDVD HD (software)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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