Do Blu Ray DVD's have Regions?

Question

If I bought a USA Blu Ray DVD would it work on my UK PS3?

Answer 1

That's exactly why BR was chosen BY THE INDUSTRY.  To s***w the consumer.

Answer 2

Don't know but you can google it

Answer 3

A slight correction: a Blu-ray disk is not a DVD. They are quite different animals.

Blu-ray disks may be region coded (not all are ... see link 1). If so they will only play on a Blu-ray player set to play the same region coding. There are only 3 codes though, A,B and C. See link 2. So, if the Blu-ray you bought is coded for region A (e.g. North and South America +) it will not play on a UK (region B) PS3.

Note Blu-ray players also respect region coding on DVDs so a US DVD (Region 1) won't play on a UK PS3 either.

Answer 4

Yes blu ray DVDs are region specific. So a DVD from US will not play on a UK or European Player.

I have included an article I had come across recently. Hope this helps.