Does this play code-free blu-rays?
1347959
Lately I'm having issues with this did, I'm going to say don't get it.... Lately it been going to work properly
1233040
It will play pretty much any type of media disc, including 3D Blu-ray.If you want to write data to a disc, here are the supported formats:Blu-ray: BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R LTH, BD-RE, BD-RE DLDVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RWCD: CD-R, CD-RW
1319580
"It is a region free player"No, it is NOT a region free player, it plays region 1 DVDs and region A Blu-ray discs. It also plays region 0 DVDs.
291772
It does play Blu-ray Disc (BD). I always discard bundled software because they are all bloat/ads-ware offering what I don't want & need. Download no-charge VLC Media Player, and it plays BD movies great!Windows Media Player also plays BD movies, but I much more prefer VLC Media Player.
491704
Unfortunately it doesn't. I'm in Afghanistan so I didn't buy it for Blu-ray Discs.
657901
When I first got it, it did. An automatic update seems to have disabled that function. To use the DVD/BluRay I have to load a disc. Then it automatically plays. If you pause a movie and turn off the unit, when you restart you have to eject the disc and reinsert. Not sure why it lost the ability to list it in the menu. May just be a flaw with my unit. You can ask Sony directly. It doesn't annoy me enough to mess with because I normally just stream movies from the internet these days or play CD's and concert videos.
2130216
As long as you have the codecs for DVD, any Blu Ray player will play them. If you're using Windows, Media Player will have the correct codecs.
1330458
No, I did my research after reading your question, and it looks like Blu-Ray uses a "region coding" system similar to DVD players.But if you're desperate to play PAL DVDs, Amazon's independent sellers have a lot of players that are region free, and you can get them for cheap. I got one for $50, and it's played any DVD I've thrown at it, regardless of region.
1171127
Yes, but you must have the software that will do it...VLC media player is free and will play blu rays
2251532
This dvd player will not play a Pal BD disk or any Pal DVD for that matter. Gus K is wrong about no Pal Blu-ray. Just check Blu-rays at Amazon UK.
1543567
Yes, it does. In fact, all blu-ray players are backward compatible so it can play your regular DVDs and even upscale them which improves the quality over standard dvd players. Blu-ray players also play many kind of formats such as music CDs, mp3 CDs, jpg. CDs and several more. Streaming ability of services like Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, etc. is actually why most people buy such systems. In other words, you get much more than just blu-ray capability...
569054
Yes apparently--certainly, no coding or "internal" reset was needed; curiously on one Japanese item, it apparently felt it necessary to say that it would play the item. It has played several European zone DVD's without problem, announcement, error management, or programming necessity.
1209454
Yes, so far, I've played discs from Regions A and B. While the player automatically determines the region of any CD being played, it doesn't do that for blu rays. For these, one must turn off the unit, press either a "1" (for A), "2" (for B), or "3" (for C), then power on. No big deal.
1946440
I do not think it play blue ray you will have to check it is not a blue ray player
1891703
It does. I am having trouble when I fully load it. My external Blu-ray drive drops out
161168
I don't have any Blu-Ray discs and cannot find any reference whether or not this computer will play them. I assume that it does not.
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Lyn, I'll check and get back to you. It does not support Blu-Ray - every time I turn it on it has that display in big bold letters.