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| Registered: May 9, 2007 |  Posts: 37 |
| | Posted: | | | | Most people have only the one blu ray player. Players will tell you it can or cannot be played but do not tell you if it is zone free. Covers are not always accurate and one is not allowed to quote external sources. How can one verify zone coding to make it acceptable for contribution now that we at last have the right options? |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Using the back of the cover should be more than enough for the majority of contributions.
Once blu-ray drives for PCs become more common we may get a bit more fussy, but for now I say trust the cover unless you can prove it's wrong.
I do know there are a few websites that have started logging this sort of info, if you list a few of them as proof if you want to use something other than the back of the cover, I'm sure that'll be fine too. |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Here's one site. Their listings don't always match what's one the disc (or vice versa) | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 37 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree but I have updated many blu ray discs in my posession and many people have complained that the cover may not be accurate (true in some cases) and voted no! We need some official guidance as there seems no easier way at the moment. No point to go to the trouble to update and then have it voted out without a better solution! |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | The voting no on the cover has 'always' been there for region codes if it's not right, not just for Blu-ray. Often they will only list the region it's sold in but it will actually be coded for others as well.
As for using 3rd party sites, as north says, list more than one that agrees with each other. Just because one lists it one way, doesn't mean they all will. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | But voting "no" on an update on the assumption that the cover may be incorrect is absolutely wrong.
If those people know that the code is something else, they should submit it themselves or supply you with the data so you can add it to your notes.
I am absolutely against implementing standards that preclude the average user from submitting, and that includes insisting on things being verified via software. If you can do that, great - but on no accounts should any submissions be voted against simply because they haven't been able to do the same, especially if the "no" voter can't prove the data is bad.
If the region code can be proven wrong, fine - show the proof and amend the submission, but to vote "no" simply because the cover may be wrong is completely uncalled for. | | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Of course. For covers I assume the info is right unless proven incorrect & inversely I believe info on 3rd party sites is wrong unless proven correct. Therefore I have & will vote no to those only listing one site such as - blurayregioncodes.com |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting tweeter: Quote:
Here's one site.
Their listings don't always match what's one the disc (or vice versa) but the bottom line is that the site is correct since it's using peoples experience of playing the disc. | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,328 |
| | Posted: | | | | With Blu-ray, I think we should assume that the cover is correct unless proven otherwise. If there is no region marking, then I think they tend to be all region more often than region locked. | | | | My Home Theater |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting xradman: Quote:
If there is no region marking, then I think they tend to be all region more often than region locked. From experience that is correct most of the time. I think I've only got 1 where no regions are on the box but it is locked. | | | | Last edited: by Ardos |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 485 |
| | Posted: | | | | Since I have a region B playstation and am only contributing from my collection:
I stick with the back cover unless it is a "region A" BR proven te be all region, both because it plays on my player. I initially bought those at axelmusic and they haven't been wrong so far. They seem to make in effort in proving the actual region of a BR.
I withdraw any region B correction contribution if reviewers indicate proof that it is nonetheless region free.
Since some people check the online db for the actual region-free'ness of a BR, I think it better to be on the cautious side. Indicating region free while it isn't may be lost money to some. | | | Eric
If it is important, say it. Otherwise, let silence speak. |
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