Question about Oppo Universal Up-converting and blu-ray?
I need a 1080p Up-Converting DVD-Player that’s Region Free or can be made Region Free for Standard Definition DVD’s. I think the Oppo 983H is likely my best option but I’ve read that Oppo is coming out with a blu-ray player next year.

My question is: Since it will be a blu-ray player, will it knock-out the possibility of region-free standard definition DVD playback?
I ask because from what I’ve researched there currently isn’t a blu-ray player available that will play or can be made to play SD DVD’s region free.

but I’ve read that Oppo is coming out with a blu-ray player next year. Whisper-down-the-lane news (if anybody is old enough to remember the children's game). Oppo has started to evaluate a BD player design and may have news later this summer of what they plan to do. That's not quite a player next year. :) Don't count or depend on anything in a possible BD player from Oppo.

larry

Question about Oppo Universal Up-converting and blu-ray?
I need a 1080p Up-Converting DVD-Player that’s Region Free or can be made Region Free for Standard Definition DVD’s. I think the Oppo 983H is likely my best option but I’ve read that Oppo is coming out with a blu-ray player next year.

My question is: Since it will be a blu-ray player, will it knock-out the possibility of region-free standard definition DVD playback?
I ask because from what I’ve researched there currently isn’t a blu-ray player available that will play or can be made to play SD DVD’s region free.

I'm sure no one knows, it's too far away. But there is no technical reason why a Blu-Ray player could not be all-region for SD-DVD. I have never heard of a legal or contractual reason why this would not be allowed.

Region-free Blu-Ray native would be a different matter; that's much more tightly restricted.

-Bill

I'm sure no one knows, it's too far away. But there is no technical reason why a Blu-Ray player could not be all-region for SD-DVD. I have never heard of a legal or contractual reason why this would not be allowed.

Region-free Blu-Ray native would be a different matter; that's much more tightly restricted.

-Bill

Well if I could find a Region Free Blu-Ray player that would play SD DVD's Region Free I'd get it instead of the Oppo. Any suggestions?

Well if I could find a Region Free Blu-Ray player that would play SD DVD's Region Free I'd get it instead of the Oppo. Any suggestions?

Try the Blu-Ray player forum.

-Bill

I'm sure no one knows, it's too far away. But there is no technical reason why a Blu-Ray player could not be all-region for SD-DVD. I have never heard of a legal or contractual reason why this would not be allowed.

Region-free Blu-Ray native would be a different matter; that's much more tightly restricted.

-Bill

Any idea where I'd buy an all-region Blu-Ray player for SD-DVD? I've tried regionfreedvd.com They don't sell Blu-Ray players.

OP:there isn't one yet,the only HD player that is region-free is a hacked Toshiba XA2.

Any idea where I'd buy an all-region Blu-Ray player for SD-DVD? I've tried regionfreedvd.com They don't sell Blu-Ray players.

I think it's a tad early for Blu-Ray players to be region free for SD-DVDs (or Blu-Ray discs for that matter, seeing as Blu-Ray has three regions.) There may be a hack for a player that someone in some basement in Germany came up with, but I haven't seen it.

You may have to wait a while until someone gets ambitious enough. Until then, I'd just get a SD-DVD player that's region free now. I wouldn't even consider Blu-Ray until profile 2.0 comes out, anyway.