I've been watching this sit here with no answers, so I will try to give
you as much as I know. I'm not sure that will help much.
In article <9upjeblbb5mf7aatu6ajosa5dnj9gqn4sb@news.giganews.com>,
Colonel Buckshot <buckshot@buckshot.com> wrote:
> I know this is not a discussion group, but WTH.
>
> I have a region-free BluRay which handles standard disks in both PAL
> and NTSC, and plays both NTSC (30fps) and PAL (25fps) media files.
>
> Since I don't know anyone with a standard off-the-shelf US standard
> BluRay, I thought I'd field the question to people who probably know.
>
> Will a US BluRay player properly play UK standard media files, mp4,
> mkv, avi, etc; or will they refuse to play them, or play them with a
> messed up video display? I know that playing a PAL disk (even if
> region neutral) on a US DVD player on an NTSC television delivers a
> choppy image.
I'm pretty sure that it depends on the unit that they have...and how
much they are willing to spend! The unit that I am looking at, for
instance, will play ALL (they claim!) of the formats (codecs) that you
mention and more. However, it costs $499.00 U.S., so it ain't cheap.
That means that NOT a lot of folks will own one. Also, it isn't a
Blu-Ray or a DVD. It is called a "disc player", meaning that it will
play ANY disc, DVD or BluRay or CD etc. It's called an Oppo and it
sounds quite good. Most players, however, probably don't have all of
those bells and whistles, hence the hefty price.
>
> I know US BluRays won't play UK standard disks, but not sure about UK
> standard media files. I figure with all the UK files here and a great
> number (I'm sure) of US downloaders, someone will probably have dealt
> with the issue.
I haven't tried one yet, but from the sound of it, I'm hoping that it
will do exactly that, as that is what the site implies. I'm hoping to
be able to play my archive discs in it. Standard players may, but you
would have to go to the makers site and check. You would think that
BluRay would have more ability but I think that the BluRay people are
trying to narrow the field a bit, like they did at first by claiming
that BluRay would not play DVDs, then when it looked like they might
lose the race, they 'suddenly' found a way to make them play them.
I know that I haven't answered your basic questions but I couldn't
stand seeing the post just sit there. Maybe a quick check at the
maufacturers site will give some help. I realize that they all try to
make their unit sound like the best, but read between the lines.
It would be nice if someone who really knows would put in a line, eh?
I'll stifle...
>
> Thanks.
> Colonel Buckshot
>
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