PS3 movie playback

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santosh86

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I have a 40 GB PS3. Currently it does not play any Internation DVDs. I have some Blu Rays which I got locally which it plays. Can someone tell me in detail what kind (region wise , PAL/NTSC wise) of DVDs and BDs will it play?

P.S: I buy DVDs and Blu Rays from Amazon.
 
It depends on the region where you bought your PS3 from, if you bought it from India then make sure that you purchase Blu Ray discs belonging to region C or DVD of region 5.
 
I think DVD's are region coded. Not so much for Blu Ray. Afaik, Russia and India fall under the same 3rd zone for Blu ray. WHat this means in the long run is cheaper movies. But it may come with a wait. You should be looking for movies for region 3 for bluray. Most DVDs in India combine the region 2, region 4, and region 5 codes.
 
is your PS3 a pal or an ntsc J?

as far as i know, ntsc J plays everything under the sun. mine is an NTSC j but i play bluray rips from USB drive, and not direct bluray discs
 
frankmehta said:
is your PS3 a pal or an ntsc J?
as far as i know, ntsc J plays everything under the sun. mine is an NTSC j but i play bluray rips from USB drive, and not direct bluray discs
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Meh, allPS3s are region locked, not only the PAL ones..
 
frankmehta said:
is your PS3 a pal or an ntsc J?

as far as i know, ntsc J plays everything under the sun. mine is an NTSC j but i play bluray rips from USB drive, and not direct bluray discs
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Bluray rips do not have region encoding or any restrictions...
 
hammerhead said:
All PS3 games are region free, but the DVD's and Blu ray are region locked.
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not all ps3 games are region free.
example, gta 4. a PAL copy of this game doesnt work with NTSC console on SDTV and vice-versa.
 
dharmilstar, Interesting observation.

So do we conclude that for games, the restrictions come in effect only for the sd output while hd output is totally not a problem ?
 
dharmilstar said:
not all ps3 games are region free.

example, gta 4. a PAL copy of this game doesnt work with NTSC console on SDTV and vice-versa.
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You are wrong. You are confusing region-locking with NTSC-PAL. They are not the same thing. GTA4 is NOT region-locked. But if your TV (SDTV) is only PAL-compliant then it will not play any NTSC game/movie etc. Even if you play a NTSC VHS tape through a vcr on your SDTV, it will not work.

In other words, the deficiency is in your TV (not being multi-region) NOT in the game or the ps3.
 
err, two different things mixing together. I did notice on the back of my PS3 games a mention of weather it is PAL or NTSC.

Simple questions.

"Will a PS3 play any game made for it ?"

"Will any PS3 be able to play games on my TV?"
 
"Will a PS3 play any game made for it ?"
Yes , it is obvious , why would a game be released if it can't be played on PS3
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"Will any PS3 be able to play games on my TV?"
It depends on your TV , if you have a HDTV or a PC monitor capable of 720p and 1080p , then you can play any PS3 game on any PS3 regardless of PAL or NTSC , for that you have to use a HDMI cable.But if your TV is SDTV then only those PS3 games will work which are compatible with your TV's standard (i.e. PAL or NTSC)
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Joy :)
 
SharekhaN said:
dharmilstar, Interesting observation.

So do we conclude that for games, the restrictions come in effect only for the sd output while hd output is totally not a problem ?
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yes you got it correct. the problem only comes in SDTV and not in HDTV.
 
vebk said:
You are wrong. You are confusing region-locking with NTSC-PAL. They are not the same thing. GTA4 is NOT region-locked. But if your TV (SDTV) is only PAL-compliant then it will not play any NTSC game/movie etc. Even if you play a NTSC VHS tape through a vcr on your SDTV, it will not work.

In other words, the deficiency is in your TV (not being multi-region) NOT in the game or the ps3.
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you are confusing others more after making this post. i never commented anything about video playback. all i said was about all the ps3 games not region free. and i repeat, GTA 4 IS REGION LOCKED. even though the SDTV is capable of NTSC and PAL, simply gta 4 PAL wont play on NTSC console with SDTV and vice-versa. i have done the hw pretty well and i am saying this after personal observation. google and you will find the answer. also same was the problem with GT5P but it got solved after a game update. there are a few games more but i dont remember their names.

In short, SDTV users need to take take care of the game region if gaming on SDTV. if you are gaming on HDTV, then no problem regarding game regions.
 
Aren't the blu-ray movies supposed to be region free?

Well if it doesn't work i recommend you to get them locally .. through your sources i mean..
 
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