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What’s the cheapest/easiest way to get a non-region locked Blu Ray player? (lemmy.world)
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I have a couple of Eureka! releases - “Region B” - that I’d like to watch. My (US) PS4 won’t play them, and apparently there’s a limited number of times you can change the region on it.

I see that Blu Ray drive peripherals exist for computers, but my TV is my computer monitor and a separate player seems like a smarter option.

I don’t tend to buy things new, and get most of my tech from thrifting. Are there any particular brands of Blu Ray players that are more likely to be region free? Is there a quick way of looking at a Blu Ray player and determining what region it can play?

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[-] keyez@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I believe all 4K blu ray players are region free. I have a Samsung from 6 years ago and it plays 3 regions of 4k discs I have just fine. I want to upgrade to a Panasonic DPUB820K and that seems like it will be the same.

Though maybe it's 4k blu rays aren't region locked?

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Though maybe it's 4k blu rays aren't region locked?

Yes, this is correct. The discs are region-free, not the player.

And if you want, 220 Electronics is selling a region-free version of the Panasonic UB820.

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