Hi, Matt, *If* you have a region-free PAL-to_NTSC DVD player/Blu-ray player (region free or not) then indeed you can play that PAL R2 disc. Not all Blu-Ray players are Region free for Blu's or Region Free for DVDs. One must check the specs of the item they're ordering and what they need to play.
Best, - - Roger Brown Manager UCLA Instructional Media Collections & Services 46 Powell Library Los Angeles, CA 90095-1517 office: 310-206-1248 fax: 310-206-5392 rbr...@oid.ucla.edu > > >Message: 3 >Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:38:09 +0000 >From: "Ball, James (jmb4aw)" <jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu> >Subject: [Videolib] Question about Blu-ray decks and international > DVDs >To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> >Message-ID: > <302d2154cd0ea448aef4b356e86054270cd50...@grant1.eservices.virginia.edu> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Hi All, > >You know how you can play a standard NTSC/Region 1 DVD on a regular ol' >Blu-ray deck? Is it also possible to play an international (ex: >PAL/Region 2) disc on that same regular ol' Blu-ray deck (that is, not a >region free Blu-ray deck)? I was under the impression that that was not >possible, but other folks around here believe that it is. I've done some >random testing to support my claim, but figured I'd put the question out >to the experts for feedback. > >Cheers, > >Matt > >______________________________ >Matt Ball >Media and Collections Librarian >Clemons Library >University of Virginia >mattb...@virginia.edu >434-924-3812 > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. >HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > >End of videolib Digest, Vol 71, Issue 72 >**************************************** VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
