Best UK Horror DVDs/Blurays

[Eddyw78]

Originally Posted by zbinks

Technically, no, it isn't region free, but the disc's region coding is easily broken by pressing the the Top Menu button on your remote when you get the wong region message. All of the HD content will be playable, but SD content is in PAL and will only be playable if your player can handle PAL.

Thats interesting. Can this be done on all Blu ray players? I own a region B Panasonic BD80 and would love to have some of the region A stuff you guys have. Back to English Blu rays, the Hammer Blu rays The Plague of the Zombies and The Reptile are worth a look but are region B. In general though UK shops tend to be quite expensive for more specialist items. HMV seem to always have some sort of perminant sale on but is almost always the more mainstream throwaway releases you could get off Ebay or Amazon for a few quid.

[buck135]

Originally Posted by Eddyw78

Thats interesting. Can this be done on all Blu ray players? I own a region B Panasonic BD80 and would love to have some of the region A stuff you guys have. Back to English Blu rays, the Hammer Blu rays The Plague of the Zombies and The Reptile are worth a look but are region B. In general though UK shops tend to be quite expensive for more specialist items. HMV seem to always have some sort of perminant sale on but is almost always the more mainstream throwaway releases you could get off Ebay or Amazon for a few quid.

That's the first I've ever heard of a way to bypass the region lock error on a particular blu-ray. I have noticed that the prices of the new Hammer Blu-ray's are very reasonable on Amazon.uk. I can't wait to get "Dracula: Prince of Darkness."

[Eddyw78]

Originally Posted by buck135

That's the first I've ever heard of a way to bypass the region lock error on a particular blu-ray. I have noticed that the prices of the new Hammer Blu-ray's are very reasonable on Amazon.uk. I can't wait to get "Dracula: Prince of Darkness."

With UK Blus your always better off buying online as the UK retailers almost always sell things at the RRP. Would be good to know if this is the case witg region codes being able to be bypassed by the simple press of a button. I have no region A Blu rays to try out the theory with though.

[Stige]

I have tried a couple of times on region A discs, but seems the return of the living dead blu is a fluke. Doesn't work on the ones I have tried

[Eddyw78]

Originally Posted by Stige

I have tried a couple of times on region A discs, but seems the return of the living dead blu is a fluke. Doesn't work on the ones I have tried

So it is to be taken that it doesent work then apart from with that one Blu? Thought it sounded to good to be true.

[sinister]

Originally Posted by Eddyw78

I own a region B Panasonic BD80 and would love to have some of the region A stuff you guys have.

If you can handle a soldering iron PM me your details and I'll send you a chip you can fit to your BD80 to allow Blu-ray multi-region.

[Eddyw78]

Originally Posted by sinister

If you can handle a soldering iron PM me your details and I'll send you a chip you can fit to your BD80 to allow Blu-ray multi-region.

Thanks for that but im not the most confident when it comes to things like that. Thanks again though.

[sinister]

No probs.

You could always get a local tv repair type shop to fit it (takes under an hour), or if you're anywhere near Glasgow I'd do it myself.

I take it you've at least got it multi-region for DVD already?

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by Stige

I have tried a couple of times on region A discs, but seems the return of the living dead blu is a fluke. Doesn't work on the ones I have tried

I asked about this in another thread when I got the ROTLD disc in hopes that all discs were this easy, and all players were region free. It is just a fluke in the authoring that allows this to work on that disc, but unfortunately no others have been found yet.
I'm still glad it works on this one though!

[Stige]

that's the way it is seems like, America has releases that are a hassle for Europeans, and we have titles that make the American version look like crap

Good thing NTSC extras are no problem here, might be more frustrating over in North America with the PAL extras.

don't know if it matters, but the Friday the 13th from Warner has an extra feature.

[Eddyw78]

Originally Posted by sinister

No probs.

You could always get a local tv repair type shop to fit it (takes under an hour), or if you're anywhere near Glasgow I'd do it myself.

I take it you've at least got it multi-region for DVD already?

I have had my multi-region Sony since 2001. Just means i have two players hooked up to the TV Which isnt a problem as the Sony is the player i allow the kids to use instead of my Panny. That old Sony is built like a rock!

[sinister]

Originally Posted by Eddyw78

I have had my multi-region Sony since 2001. Just means i have two players hooked up to the TV Which isnt a problem as the Sony is the player i allow the kids to use instead of my Panny. That old Sony is built like a rock!

Yeah the old Sony machines were built to last, not like today. I've been doing region mod's since late '97 and supplied some of the major UK outlets so there's a good chance you actually have one of my chips in your old Sony!

I can send you a remote hack (FOC of course) for the BD80 but it'll only enable multi-region for DVD's, for full Blu-ray multi-region it would need the hardware mod. Just drop me a PM.

[Eddyw78]

Originally Posted by sinister

Yeah the old Sony machines were built to last, not like today. I've been doing region mod's since late '97 and supplied some of the major UK outlets so there's a good chance you actually have one of my chips in your old Sony!

I can send you a remote hack (FOC of course) for the BD80 but it'll only enable multi-region for DVD's, for full Blu-ray multi-region it would need the hardware mod. Just drop me a PM.

Hey thanks!! My old Sony was modified by a company called Triton i think it was called. It was a while ago, maybe 2003. They picked it up via UPS region 2 and returned it a day or so later region free. Think they were based down south somewhere. Im in Derby and there was nowhere local that did this service. Yeah the old Sony was built to last. I think it may outlive my Panny!! It has also survived two house moves and pretty much daily use until I went down the Blu ray route in 2010.

[sinister]

Originally Posted by Eddyw78

My old Sony was modified by a company called Triton i think it was called.

Tridek maybe? I supplied them chips so if it was Tridek it will most likely have one of mine in it.

[Eddyw78]

Originally Posted by sinister

Tridek maybe? I supplied them chips so if it was Tridek it will most likely have one of mine in it.

Just looked around the the back. Its a.Tridek!! Thanks for all my years of region 1 DVD buying my friend