Eva Yojimbo wrote:I might third the PS3
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Look at the second post of the thread.
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Googling provided PS3 community threads and a wikipedia page on Regional lockout and according to both of them, the regional locking on film releases works on PS3. Games do have regional codes, but they are not locked for some reason.
I'm quite baffled by the AV receivers since it's the first time I've been reading about them. All I get by googling is a ton of technobabble from audiophiles that makes no sense for a newbie like me.
Wikipedia wrote:However, while region free for PS3 games, there is region locking for backwards compatible PS2 and PS1 games, as well as DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies.
I'm quite baffled by the AV receivers since it's the first time I've been reading about them. All I get by googling is a ton of technobabble from audiophiles that makes no sense for a newbie like me.
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"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
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Luckily, us in the Americas have the same BD region codes as Japan :P
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Seriously speaking, how long it'll be before the studios wake up the fact we're already living global age? It's not like the region lock outs help the revenues because bitches can DL the films from internet just as well if they can't buy DVDs from another region with earlier release date
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It is possible/easy to hack the region coding on a PS3?
"I'd really like to have as much money as you have, Oz" - robersora
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
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Most receivers come loaded with a shit ton of features that you'll never use. I have mine set to do nothing but pass the DVD/BD signal straight through to the speakers without doing anything else. Look for one that's cheap with decent sound quality and HDMI equipped and that's all you need, unless you really want to do some sound tweaking. I might recommend looking into NAD and Denon. Both usually deliver high quality for the price and they're usually quite stripped down in terms of features.
EDIT: Something like this would probably be more than enough for what you need. You should also read up on "HTIB" or "home theater in a box", which includes everything you need in one setup. The quality is never as good as buying separate, but it's usually cheaper.
Also, RE PS3, you should probably look up "PS3 hack multi-region" and do some reading on what comes up. If Sony can't make it stop working (I can't imagine they could) then you shouldn't have anything to worry about. But you should also read about how good its upscaling is on STD.
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EDIT: Something like this would probably be more than enough for what you need.
Also, RE PS3, you should probably look up "PS3 hack multi-region" and do some reading on what comes up. If Sony can't make it stop working (I can't imagine they could) then you shouldn't have anything to worry about. But you should also read about how good its upscaling is on STD.
The best thing you could possibly do when you come across a region locked disc is use MULTIMAN to rip the disc to your hard drive and run it from there.
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Why go through the trouble when you can just hack the player? Took me about 20 minutes to hack my Oppo and it plays everything I throw at it now.
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We're all adrift on the stormy seas of Evangelion, desperately trying to gather what flotsam can be snatched from the gale into a somewhat seaworthy interpretation so that we can at last reach the shores of reason and respite. - ObsessiveMathsFreak
Jimbo has posted enough to be considered greater than or equal to everyone, and or synonymous with the concept of 'everyone'. - Muggy
I've seen so many changeful years, / to Earth I am a stranger grown: / I wander in the ways of men, / alike unknowing and unknown: / Unheard, unpitied, unrelieved, / I bear alone my load of care; / For silent, low, on beds of dust, / Lie all that would my sorrows share. - Robert Burns' Lament for James
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We're all adrift on the stormy seas of Evangelion, desperately trying to gather what flotsam can be snatched from the gale into a somewhat seaworthy interpretation so that we can at last reach the shores of reason and respite. - ObsessiveMathsFreak
Jimbo has posted enough to be considered greater than or equal to everyone, and or synonymous with the concept of 'everyone'. - Muggy
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Wha? The PS3 has been around quite a while, longer than my Oppo, and it's really popular, so I can't imagine it not having a hack.
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We're all adrift on the stormy seas of Evangelion, desperately trying to gather what flotsam can be snatched from the gale into a somewhat seaworthy interpretation so that we can at last reach the shores of reason and respite. - ObsessiveMathsFreak
Jimbo has posted enough to be considered greater than or equal to everyone, and or synonymous with the concept of 'everyone'. - Muggy
I've seen so many changeful years, / to Earth I am a stranger grown: / I wander in the ways of men, / alike unknowing and unknown: / Unheard, unpitied, unrelieved, / I bear alone my load of care; / For silent, low, on beds of dust, / Lie all that would my sorrows share. - Robert Burns' Lament for James
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We're all adrift on the stormy seas of Evangelion, desperately trying to gather what flotsam can be snatched from the gale into a somewhat seaworthy interpretation so that we can at last reach the shores of reason and respite. - ObsessiveMathsFreak
Jimbo has posted enough to be considered greater than or equal to everyone, and or synonymous with the concept of 'everyone'. - Muggy
I've seen so many changeful years, / to Earth I am a stranger grown: / I wander in the ways of men, / alike unknowing and unknown: / Unheard, unpitied, unrelieved, / I bear alone my load of care; / For silent, low, on beds of dust, / Lie all that would my sorrows share. - Robert Burns' Lament for James
The efforts to actually hack PS3 got real serious only after Sony disabled the OtherOS option. Also, hacking the current-gen consoles is a bit harder now that internet connectivity is serious part of the game and firmware updates are enforced that way. And signed content with revocable keys etc...
Haven't been paying attention but the late reveal of the PS3 root key might open the way to total cracking of the machine... or not.
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Haven't been paying attention but the late reveal of the PS3 root key might open the way to total cracking of the machine... or not.
The PS3 is busted open. Hackers can generate and sign their own homebrew software as if it was released by Sony. The PS3 even has CFW now, like the PSP.
@Jimbo: Checked Finnish stores and couldn't find that exact model here. The cheapest Denon model (no NADs to be found) was this AVR-1311. I haven't yet read anything about it, but does it have everything I need?
@scarmullet: Is it fairly easy to rip the disc with MULTIMAN? Does it affect image/sound quality of the film?
@scarmullet: Is it fairly easy to rip the disc with MULTIMAN? Does it affect image/sound quality of the film?
"I'd really like to have as much money as you have, Oz" - robersora
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
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Yeah, that looks like more than enough. Just check some reviews on sound quality and make sure it doesn't blow, but Denon are usually reliable.
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We're all adrift on the stormy seas of Evangelion, desperately trying to gather what flotsam can be snatched from the gale into a somewhat seaworthy interpretation so that we can at last reach the shores of reason and respite. - ObsessiveMathsFreak
Jimbo has posted enough to be considered greater than or equal to everyone, and or synonymous with the concept of 'everyone'. - Muggy
I've seen so many changeful years, / to Earth I am a stranger grown: / I wander in the ways of men, / alike unknowing and unknown: / Unheard, unpitied, unrelieved, / I bear alone my load of care; / For silent, low, on beds of dust, / Lie all that would my sorrows share. - Robert Burns' Lament for James
^ Writing as Jonathan Henderson ^
We're all adrift on the stormy seas of Evangelion, desperately trying to gather what flotsam can be snatched from the gale into a somewhat seaworthy interpretation so that we can at last reach the shores of reason and respite. - ObsessiveMathsFreak
Jimbo has posted enough to be considered greater than or equal to everyone, and or synonymous with the concept of 'everyone'. - Muggy
I've seen so many changeful years, / to Earth I am a stranger grown: / I wander in the ways of men, / alike unknowing and unknown: / Unheard, unpitied, unrelieved, / I bear alone my load of care; / For silent, low, on beds of dust, / Lie all that would my sorrows share. - Robert Burns' Lament for James
Just don't buy your cables from them...
That's not to take away from the quality of Denon's real products.
Preempting the next question, I've heard good things about http://www.bluejeanscable.com/ and http://www.monoprice.com/ for quality cables at reasonable prices.
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