Author Topic: Region-free BD player in Australia (Read 12661 times)

dorian_gray · « **on:** Aug 17, 2010 at 03:25 PM »

Although you have to manually set the regional coding, Soniq QPB302B is becoming popular here in Australia. You read it right--you can set both BD and DVD to different regional coding with just the remote.

In addition, it can play video and music files on a FAT32/FAT USB memory drive.

The official website is http://soniq.com/Qplay.php?mdm=f507aa4ef605dfc3d832b6b230df8f08&group=Blu-ray%20Disc%20Player

JBHiFi is currently selling it for 99 AUD or 4,033.98 PHP. Isn't that a steal?

dj · « **Reply #1 on:** Nov 02, 2010 at 05:11 PM »

Quote from: dorian_gray on Aug 17, 2010 at 03:25 PM

Although you have to manually set the regional coding, Soniq QPB302B is becoming popular here in Australia. You read it right--you can set both BD and DVD to different regional coding with just the remote.

In addition, it can play video and music files on a FAT32/FAT USB memory drive.

The official website is http://soniq.com/Qplay.php?mdm=f507aa4ef605dfc3d832b6b230df8f08&group=Blu-ray%20Disc%20Player

JBHiFi is currently selling it for 99 AUD or 4,033.98 PHP. Isn't that a steal?

okay to ah! sana meron nito sa pinas

retro12195 · « **Reply #2 on:** Nov 02, 2010 at 05:32 PM »

wow

pjayg · « **Reply #3 on:** Nov 02, 2010 at 07:43 PM »

Nice! Will you be bringing/selling some units?

at_sunset_blvd · « **Reply #4 on:** Nov 06, 2010 at 11:28 AM »

Quote from: pjayg on Nov 02, 2010 at 07:43 PM

Nice! Will you be bringing/selling some units?

+1

Blu-devil · « **Reply #5 on:** Nov 06, 2010 at 07:14 PM »

Any chance of this coming to Philippines?

Prometheus75 · « **Reply #6 on:** Nov 06, 2010 at 07:16 PM »

Quote from: pjayg on Nov 02, 2010 at 07:43 PM

Nice! Will you be bringing/selling some units?

Count me in if you do

Blu-devil · « **Reply #7 on:** Nov 07, 2010 at 05:15 PM »

I'll be up for a unit if you can get some
Thanks in advance
Steve

at_sunset_blvd · « **Reply #8 on:** Nov 08, 2010 at 08:43 AM »

This item would be a HIT here & not only that I bet these would sell like Hot Cakes here

syoti · « **Reply #9 on:** Nov 08, 2010 at 05:15 PM »

ako din.. i'm interested..

pjayg · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 08, 2010 at 07:15 PM »

I'm no.1 in the list.

reynold · « **Reply #11 on:** Nov 08, 2010 at 07:36 PM »

Sali din ako

joelsoldao · « **Reply #12 on:** Nov 10, 2010 at 11:09 AM »

Nice! ganda!

jao143 · « **Reply #13 on:** Nov 10, 2010 at 11:15 AM »

Magdala ka na dito sir, Sabay mo na paguwi mo sa December

dorian_gray · « **Reply #14 on:** Nov 25, 2010 at 02:29 PM »

I did not notice that many people have visited this thread. I am still thinking whether I am going to sell a few of these or not.

Here are the basic specs:

http://soniq.com.au/specs/offerSheet/qpb302b.pdf

Do you guys think that this will work in the Philippines?

See you in my merchant thread http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php/topic,123715.0.html as I check that one more often.

at_sunset_blvd · « **Reply #15 on:** Nov 26, 2010 at 08:12 AM »

Why not try to bring a couple of units here, this would surely be a sell-out for sure

pjayg · « **Reply #16 on:** Nov 26, 2010 at 06:47 PM »

Quote from: dorian_gray on Nov 25, 2010 at 02:29 PM

Do you guys think that this will work in the Philippines?

What do you mean by this?

dorian_gray · « **Reply #17 on:** Nov 29, 2010 at 03:44 AM »

with the specs i provided, do you think it will work?

pjayg · « **Reply #18 on:** Nov 29, 2010 at 07:03 AM »

I pray that it does!

From what I read in the specs, I saw nothing out of the ordinary

Moks007 · « **Reply #19 on:** Nov 29, 2010 at 07:09 AM »

Imo, I don't see any problem, its autovolt. Yun lang you have to check if australia is the same region as America, Phils, hongkong, japan (Region A). I think majority of the people in the Phils have/buy discs from this region. I think Australia is Region B. If this player can be made region free then no problem. You can try making it region free first and see if it can play these regions. You can always sell an open box player (bec. for testing purposes)..I will buy the open box for 1000pesos haha.. Joke, joke.

Here check this out
http://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CC0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pctechguide.com%2F38Blu-rayRegionCodes.htm&rct=j&q=blu%20ray%20regions&ei=m-7yTPvCH4qgvgOfs_HkDQ&usg=AFQjCNH50SgYdu6AqL9Lbnn5_NX60bAXFg&cad=rja

edboy7 · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 29, 2010 at 11:34 AM »

When in doubt "Google it"

owner's feedback
"To everyone who is querying whether the QPB302B is a true multi-region Blu-ray player, the answer is yes. There is absolutely no doubt about this.

1. Someone mentioned that the player may be playing region-free discs purchased fron the US, and that myself and others may not realise that this is the case. No, that's not what's happening. I have played five Region A discs I have bought from the US, which I have not been able to play on either a Sony or Panasonic Blu-ray player. Two of these discs are Criterion discs, and, as we all know, Criterion discs are Region A only. For those who are not familiar with Criterion, the company is licensed only to publish Region A, so there is no way that a Criterion disc will play on a region B player.

2. I reckon the people who can't get this to play Region A are not literally following the abovementioned steps in the code change sequence. It took me a while to nut this out because someone posted the wrong code in one of the threads (he said 8250, not 8520) and this threw me out. The other tricky bit is that there are two versions of the setup menu: one that lets you change either the DVD or Blu-ray region, and one that lets you only change the DVD region. I kept landing in the latter because I wasn't entering the right code. You access the right setup menu by entering the 8520 code. Once you are in this menu, you can change the Blu-ray region field from B to A by entering "1". Later, you can change it back to B by entering "2". The Blu-ray change field does not accept letters, only numbers, so you enter "1" for region A and "2" for region B. The field also accepts "4", which I presume is Asia, but it doesn't accept zero or any other numbers. You can't in the sense make this "region free" by entering zero – you can however make it region A, B, or C by entering 1, 2 and 4. (I'm presuming "4" is region C, but I don't know this for sure).

PS. I'm not sure about the earlier model having different firmware, and that being an issue. All I can say is that the multi-region thing is working for me on a QPB302B I bought from JB Hi-Fi in the past week."

more here

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1472223

eto pa

http://soniq.com/Qplay.php?mdm=0cbbb54371c016770e74aa3c528085f6

syoti · « **Reply #21 on:** Nov 29, 2010 at 12:01 PM »

does anyone know where in the philippines can we buy this player? have been recently looking for an affordable blu ray player capable of bd live.. thanks!! hopefully could buy one this holiday season!!

dorian_gray · « **Reply #22 on:** Nov 29, 2010 at 05:55 PM »

edboy7,

that is correct--you have to type in a code to change the regional coding for both DVDs and BDs. And that is the exact code you posted.

Problem is retail shops do not want to tell buyers that they are multi-region so I need to test the player after purchasing (if in case I decide to sell some). That means it is going to be brand new but opened.

Will that matter to you?

dorian_gray · « **Reply #23 on:** Nov 29, 2010 at 05:57 PM »

This is the Australian power point btw.

gunslinger · « **Reply #24 on:** Nov 30, 2010 at 09:19 AM »

Quote from: dorian_gray on Nov 29, 2010 at 05:55 PM

edboy7,

that is correct--you have to type in a code to change the regional coding for both DVDs and BDs. And that is the exact code you posted.

Problem is retail shops do not want to tell buyers that they are multi-region so I need to test the player after purchasing (if in case I decide to sell some). That means it is going to be brand new but opened.

Will that matter to you?

This shouldn't be a problem so long as its done only to make the unit region-free. Put me in line in case you decide to bring home some units for sale.

reynold · « **Reply #25 on:** Nov 30, 2010 at 12:42 PM »

Quote from: dorian_gray on Nov 29, 2010 at 05:57 PM

This is the Australian power point btw.

No problem with this sir, there adaptors for this kind of plug available in our hardware store

oReOsHaKe · « **Reply #26 on:** Nov 30, 2010 at 02:04 PM »

Quote from: dorian_gray on Nov 29, 2010 at 05:55 PM

edboy7,

that is correct--you have to type in a code to change the regional coding for both DVDs and BDs. And that is the exact code you posted.

Problem is retail shops do not want to tell buyers that they are multi-region so I need to test the player after purchasing (if in case I decide to sell some). That means it is going to be brand new but opened.

Will that matter to you?

Is there a limit to how many times you can change the regional coding?

dorian_gray · « **Reply #27 on:** Nov 30, 2010 at 02:18 PM »

Quote from: oReOsHaKe on Nov 30, 2010 at 02:04 PM

Is there a limit to how many times you can change the regional coding?

there is no limit when it comes to regional coding change.

oReOsHaKe · « **Reply #28 on:** Nov 30, 2010 at 02:35 PM »

Quote from: dorian_gray on Nov 30, 2010 at 02:18 PM

there is no limit when it comes to regional coding change.

Then this will be a nice BD player just like my region free BD30..

edboy7 · « **Reply #29 on:** Nov 30, 2010 at 08:13 PM »

Quote from: dorian_gray on Nov 29, 2010 at 05:55 PM

edboy7,

that is correct--you have to type in a code to change the regional coding for both DVDs and BDs. And that is the exact code you posted.

Problem is retail shops do not want to tell buyers that they are multi-region so I need to test the player after purchasing (if in case I decide to sell some). That means it is going to be brand new but opened.

Will that matter to you?

no it won't..unli region change pa pala e ..how much ba?