are ps3 region free dvd?
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The PS3 console is region-free as far as games go. ... Blu-Ray movies are region coded, but only to 3 major areas. DVDs still have the old-world region coding that prevents them from being playable on foreign devices.
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There are no regions on VHS tapes. But you will have trouble playing PAL, SECAM or NTSC if the player is not designed for it.
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Yes, Blu-ray titles have region coding similar to DVDs. However, instead of eight regions, Blu-ray uses only three: Region A: North, Central, South America, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Region B: Europe (EU), Africa, Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand.
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The “wrong region” error on your DVD or Blu-ray player means you are trying to play a disc that is not meant to be played in your country.
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DVD (digital versatile disc) region codes are a digital rights management technique designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region.
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yes, all gameboys are region free. No handheld PAL's thankfully.
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In the U.K., discs are Region 2. Region 1 discs won't play in region 2 players, and vice versa.
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Word was that although PSP games are currently region-free - unlike UMD movies - the hardware has some kind of crazy "region lock" capability. ... But Sony told us the PSP will continue to use a 'worldwide' code system for games, "which means that games purchased anywhere in the world will run on any PlayStation Portable".
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Most UK DVDs will not work in most Australian DVD players, because of regional coding. However, some DVDs do not have regional coding and will play in any player. ... The UK and Australia are in different DVD Regions. A disk bought in the UK will be Region 2, and in Australia Region 4.
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Meanwhile Australia is in Region 4 along with South America. If your DVD player is region-locked, it will refuse to play a disc from another region. ... Both Australia and the UK use the PAL video format, so it makes more sense to buy Region 2 PAL DVDs from the UK than to buy Region 1 NTSC discs from the US.
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While Blu-Ray discs are more commonly released as region-free or all-region, not all Blu-ray discs are region-free. Moreover, most DVDs remain region-locked. The problem is that a region-free DVD or Blu-Ray player costs a premium.
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The UK, Europe, Australia, etc use the 625 line 50Hz PAL system. ... For example, a basic European DVD player (PAL Region 2 only) will be able to play a Japanese disc (NTSC Region 2), but not a US (NTSC Region 1) disc. An American basic DVD player (NTSC Region 1) will not play any other Region's DVD irrespective of format.
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There are two major DVD formats worldwide, NTSC and PAL. A third format, SECAM, is used in a few countries but most DVD players in SECAM countries are compatible with PAL DVDs. NTSC is used in the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Central America, parts of South America and some other countries.
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no Dreamcasts are region free... No, there aren't any region free Dreamcasts. That is, unless you get a copy of Codebreaker or some other boot disc that disables the region lock.
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Most DVD players and TVs sold in PAL countries can play both formats of discs, however, this does not mean they can play any DVD (because of region restrictions). For example, a basic European DVD player (PAL Region 2 only) will be able to play a Japanese disc (NTSC Region 2), but not a US (NTSC Region 1) disc.
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Whilst PS4 games are region free, the PS4 itself is region locked with DVD & Blue-ray disc although there's a way to get around this. DVDs & Blue Rays are locked into 8 different region-specific codes of different territories such as North America & Europe.
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Technically, the PS4 isn't a region-locked device. That said, Sony recommends your discs and consoles be from the same region for the best performance. ... Now: If you have a game that's made for a different region than your PS4 or PSN Online ID, there's a chance it might work fine.