Japanese PS3 different?!?!?!?!

Hey people was wondering if I bought a japanese console to use in the UK, will it not play games+blu rays I buy from the UK??

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You waited 5 months.Why don't you wait 5 more days?

Because of the price?

You waited 5 months.Why don't you wait 5 more days?

Because of the price?

Ninjaselo

Wasnt gonna get one on release anyways mate, im 15 so just dont have the money yet... though something caught my eye on ebay ;)

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Hmm, i have a similar issue...

I live in Thailand although i am a British Ex-Pat... I bought my PS3 around 4-6 weeks ago here in Thailand, and will be moving to Cyprus (re-locating) in about 3 weeks.

I'm glad to hear that the games are region free but obviously both BlueRay & Regular DVD movies are both region specific, more importantly, PAL, vs NTSC. My system is NTSC and so will not play PAL movies, which is a pain in the ass as most of my home movies are in PAL format. Also, i use a capture card on my PC to save stuff from the TV so i can burn as DVD (me & my wife were contestants on "The Amazing Race") so wanted to record each episode. I already tried those DVD's and they dont work, although i think my new version of Video editing software can convert PAL to NTSC & vice-versa.

I am seriously in the market for a HD TV with some money we won from winning a couple of legs on "The Amazing Race" TV Show so would like to spend it on a stonkin HD TV - once we get a top of the range 1080p HD TV we'll definately want to be watching stuff on BlueRay, i guess i may have to order movies from USA or ASIA or something to get around it?

Obviously renting BD from the local 'Blockbusters' or equivilant will be a no-no once we get to Cyprus.

God Damn IT! what's with all this region crap anyway? is there even any benefit to it?

I can't think of one....

Cheers

Andy

hey andy

how r you?

i was just wondering where abouts in thailand did you buy your ps3??

how much was it??

and if so do you know how much games were indavidually??

please let me know asap because my parents are goin to thailand nd im giving them money to get me a ps3

nd i would like to have some idea how much? nd where bouts to get it from so i no its not a dud...nd they can save time on looking around for one!

so yeaa please let me know asap thanks

kezz (if you want email me kezz_091@hotmail.com)

PAL/NTSC is a thing of the past with the new HD TVs, but region is still there, go to http://bluray.liesinc.net/ to know which Region A/Region B/Region C are indeed all zone, and that's a lot (70% I think).

I'm French (Zone A) and 80% of my Blu-ray are from USA and zone free, using HDMI cable there's no problem with PAL/NTSC, with a SD TV however the problem remains, have fun with the eye popping movies!

good shops that ship worldwide are amazon.com and movietyme.com