Playing different-zoned blue ray discs in LOS.

[The Deerhunter]

I come from a country where a different Blu Ray zone standard is used from that used in Thailand.

I will move in a few months and would like to bring some of my small collection of Blu Ray discs with me.

Would I need a separate Blu Ray player? Or, is it possible to get a PC Drive that I could mount internally or externally to my Notebook to connect to hi-fi sound & display by HDMI? I guess we would also need some software. Does anyone know about multi-zone Blu Ray H/w & S/w? PS I already understand that LOS customs do NOT smile on Personal effects shipmemts with music or movie discs in them. Has anyone had any personal experience with this matter either?

[BudRight]

You shouldn't need a new player unless it isn't capable of taking 220V AC.

Blu-ray region encoding exists, but it was left to the publishers to choose whether to use it or not.

To date, no publisher has ever chosen to region encode a disc except for half a dozen obscure releases (from Sony I believe).

This means almost any Blu-ray disc will work in any player.

Regarding customs, you will encounter no problems if the discs are obviously used (opened). Even so, I recommend just taking them in your bag, keeping quiet and it probably will be no hassle.

[xen]

You shouldn't need a new player unless it isn't capable of taking 220V AC.

Blu-ray region encoding exists, but it was left to the publishers to choose whether to use it or not.

To date, no publisher has ever chosen to region encode a disc except for half a dozen obscure releases (from Sony I believe).

This means almost any Blu-ray disc will work in any player.

Regarding customs, you will encounter no problems if the discs are obviously used (opened). Even so, I recommend just taking them in your bag, keeping quiet and it probably will be no hassle.

Blu Ray region coding is very common on Blu-ray discs . If you are Region A then there is less of a problem but if you live in Region B then you are constantly being manipulated even though you do try to buy legal copies of Blu-Rays and pay royalties. It's aim is to prevent you from importing software from oversea sources at cheaper prices and to manipulate release dates of new movies in different countries to maximize profits which in a way is fair enough . But then they wonder why people use torrents ! If they were not so greedy Blu Ray would be a viable medium for a longer life span as sales are already falling world wide except for those movie fans that they constantly shaft.

You can buy some players that by-pass the region coding tho and some brands like toshiba are very coy about if there players are region free. You also have Samsung and Panasonic are two companies that have region coding on their machines .

[BudRight]

Bluray region encoding is NOT mandatory. Most discs do not have them. It is at the discretion of the publisher.

[inthepink]

Bluray region encoding is NOT mandatory. Most discs do not have them. It is at the discretion of the publisher.

It isn't mandatory but neither is it limited to obscure releases, as you previously stated.