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Can a Blu Ray player coded to Region A (which is what I'd be buying of course) play a DVD with Region code 2?

Yes and no.

Allow me to explain:
- Region A includes among others US & Japan
- Region 2 includes among others Europe & Japan

So if you have a Japanese player (like I do), you can play region A blu's and region 2 DVD's.

There is one big BUT though: PAL doesn' exist in Japan, only NTSC, so you wouldn't be able to play PAL region 2 DVD's. NTSC region 2 DVD's work perfectly though.
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I have the Insignia BD player from Best Buy and it plays the 1 PAL (Region 0 though) I have.  Didn't think it would, but I popped it in and voila!
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There is one big BUT though: PAL doesn' exist in Japan, only NTSC, so you wouldn't be able to play PAL region 2 DVD's. NTSC region 2 DVD's work perfectly though.


With most players, you could do PAL DVDs so long as you had a TV that did PAL.
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There is one big BUT though: PAL doesn' exist in Japan, only NTSC, so you wouldn't be able to play PAL region 2 DVD's. NTSC region 2 DVD's work perfectly though.


With most players, you could do PAL DVDs so long as you had a TV that did PAL.

Not necesarily. I have a PAL-capable TV but my Japanese PS3 (which has region A/region 2 coding) can't playback PAL content on Blu-ray discs, nor can it upscale PAL-encoded DVD's. You need both: a PAL-capable player and PAL-capable TV, I think.
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There is one big BUT though: PAL doesn' exist in Japan, only NTSC, so you wouldn't be able to play PAL region 2 DVD's. NTSC region 2 DVD's work perfectly though.


With most players, you could do PAL DVDs so long as you had a TV that did PAL.

Not necesarily. I have a PAL-capable TV but my Japanese PS3 (which has region A/region 2 coding) can't playback PAL content on Blu-ray discs, nor can it upscale PAL-encoded DVD's. You need both: a PAL-capable player and PAL-capable TV, I think.

My Panasonic S97 DVD player was happy to play PAL discs just fine.

But the Panasonic bd-60 bluray player that I replaced it with will not.

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There is one big BUT though: PAL doesn' exist in Japan, only NTSC, so you wouldn't be able to play PAL region 2 DVD's. NTSC region 2 DVD's work perfectly though.


With most players, you could do PAL DVDs so long as you had a TV that did PAL.

Not necesarily. I have a PAL-capable TV but my Japanese PS3 (which has region A/region 2 coding) can't playback PAL content on Blu-ray discs, nor can it upscale PAL-encoded DVD's. You need both: a PAL-capable player and PAL-capable TV, I think.

My Panasonic S97 DVD player was happy to play PAL discs just fine.

But the Panasonic bd-60 bluray player that I replaced it with will not.

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My region A Samsung BD-UP5000 doesn't play PAL discs. Thankfully being in the UK, I've got a UK player as well for any B discs so it's not an issue for me.
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For anyone wanting region free playback, I heartily recommend getting the Oppo BDP-83. Not only will you get one of the best Blu-ray players on the market for both Blu-ray playback and DVD upconversion, but it can be hacked to be region free for both Blu-ray and DVD. Oh, and it's faster than the PS3.

Here's some links:
A review: http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/blu-ray-players/647-oppo-bdp-83-blu-ray-player.html
An extensive fan-made FAQ: http://watershade.net/wmcclain/BDP-83-faq.html
The official listing: http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/
The manual: http://www.oppodigital.com/Download/BDP83/BDP-83_English_Manual.pdf

The hack is a solder-free hardware mod that's very easy to install. I bought mine from CRT Projectors, but it's available from other vendors as well.

You can read the instructions on how to install the mod here: avforums.com...oppo-bdp-83-region-free...v4.0.pdf

There's also a firmware hack available that makes it region free for both Blu-ray and DVD. I've heard nothing but good things about it, and since it's free it's a obviously the cheaper option. Despite that I recommend the hardware hack simply because you can then keep up-to-date with Oppo's official firmware. You can download the firmware hack here: http://www.codefreedvd.com/dvd_oppo_bdp83_multiregion_firmware.html

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Fully agree. The Oppo is the best one-player solution for all shiny discs (except HD-DVD and LD).
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