Imported Blu Ray player

[getafix33]

My wife is currently in the US and I was wanting her to bring me an LG Blu Ray HD DVD combo drive for my HTPC.

My concerns are:

1. Will a US internal DVD drive work in SA? With the different power voltages.
2. I know that HD DVD aren't region locked but BR is. What a program like AnyDVD HD remove the region blocking and allow me to play SA BR movies on a US drive?

It is this drive here

NGR Computers has it for sale here

I can pick one of for about R1300.00

Please give me your thoughts

 

[cyberarmy]

Regarding question 1, no problem. Difference between US and SA voltage only affects the power input to your HTPC's PSU, PSU output voltage to all drives are the same around the world.

 

[quovadis]

1. US is 110-110V and SA is 220-240V - (If it requires external power) - Internal PC Power will be fine though.

2. Bluray ships in NTSC and PAL format devices. Bluray movies can be region coded however 99% of movies available are region free due to their limited adoption currently. For Bluray playback it should be fine however any existing DVDs may be an issue as DVD playback may be affected by regions.

 

[Asha'man X]

I think Any DVD HD should take care of the problem easily enough, since the only major difference between regions will be the coding feature. The old PAL/NTSC is far less of an issue with BR disks than it was with DVD.

Keep the firmware up to date, and the player should work well for a long time. I think Any DVD HD also has a trial, so you can get 1 local BR disk, and see if it works properly.

Good luck

 

[getafix33]

Thanks for the replies.

Your opinions on the drive? Considering the a PS3 is R6.5k, a stand alone player is also pricey, I think that at that price it is worth it.

Cheers
G

 

[getafix33]

1. US is 110-110V and SA is 220-240V - (If it requires external power) - Internal PC Power will be fine though.

2. Bluray ships in NTSC and PAL format devices. Bluray movies can be region coded however 99% of movies available are region free due to their limited adoption currently. For Bluray playback it should be fine however any existing DVDs may be an issue as DVD playback may be affected by regions.

If I had another DVD drive in my pc (like a dvd rom or writer) that would work with normal DVD's, also AnyDVD would possible take care of that issue aswell?