From: Lundgren (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Feb 16 2010 - 11:50:09 PST
Thank you.
Björn Lundgren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Bawcom" <email suppressed>
To: <email suppressed>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:37 AM
Subject: Re: by Brakhage bluray
> Lundgren,
>
> I just did some poking around on the AVS forum. For US versions, it seems
> there are no firmware mods for the Oppo BDP-80, at least not yet.
> However, there are for the BDP-83, but they are not listed in the first
> post on the BDP-83 technical talk thread, although I previously stated
> they were. So, you will have to use the search function to locate such
> info. There are recent posts about recent region-free firmware.
>
> How this would apply to European versions of the Oppo BDP-83, I am not
> sure. But, I believe it is someone in Europe who came up with the
> region-free firmware mods for the US version. So, search that thread, and
> you may find info on using firmware mods on European Oppos. If you don't,
> don't be afraid to ask questions. The people there are very helpful.
>
> Ken B.
>
>
> Quoting Lundgren <email suppressed>:
>
>> Can the OPPO players be made region-free with only firmware mods?
>>
>> I thought all players on the market required hardware-mods.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Bawcom" <email suppressed>
>> To: <email suppressed>
>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 12:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: by Brakhage bluray
>>
>>
>>> Unfortunately it seems that the "Blu-ray Disc Association" is far more
>>> aggressive about enforcing the requirement that all Blu-ray players be
>>> region encoded, so region-free Blu-ray players are rather scarce. Many
>>> manufacturers who had made region-free, or easily converted to
>>> region-free, DVD players are not doing that with their Blu-ray
>>> players. Oppo, known for reference quality players at reasonable
>>> prices, players that converted between PAL and NTSC, and could easily
>>> be made region-free, now require firmware mods, or physical mods, to
>>> be region-free. One reliable source for modified players is JVB
>>> Digital.
>>>
>>> Ken B.
>>>
>>> Quoting Chuck Kleinhans <email suppressed>:
>>>
>>>> Blu-Ray regions are different than DVD regions. There's a fairly
>>>> good discussion on Wikipedia: Blue-ray Disc.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Kleinhans
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> __________________________________________________________________
>>>> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Those who would give up essential liberty
>>> to purchase a little temporary safety
>>> deserve neither liberty, nor safety."
>>> Benjamin Franklin 1775
>>>
>>> "I know that the hypnotized never lie... Do ya?"
>>> Pete Townshend 1971
>>>
>>>
>>> __________________________________________________________________
>>> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
>>
>>
>> __________________________________________________________________
>> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> "Those who would give up essential liberty
> to purchase a little temporary safety
> deserve neither liberty, nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin 1775
>
> "I know that the hypnotized never lie... Do ya?"
> Pete Townshend 1971
>
>
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
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For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.