PS3 DVD playback question.

Strife212 · 23 Jun 2009 at 12:33

Sumanji said:
It's the region of the DVD which determines whether or not you can play it. It's perfectly possible to have a Region 0 NTSC disc which will work. If you could double check the actual region codes (via the method I suggested, or via software), that would be helpful

Cheers,

Su

Trust me; it isn't. I have a Region 2 PS3 which is NTSC and it wont play Region 2 PAL DVD's. It specifically mentions that it is PAL. I have it hooked up to a TV which supports all formats.

Sumanji · 23 Jun 2009 at 12:45

Well, I have a couple of Region 0 NTSC discs which play perfectly on my Region 2 PAL console... go figure!

Su

Strife212 · 23 Jun 2009 at 12:47

Hmm!

That is wierd.

Sumanji · 23 Jun 2009 at 13:07

May be down to different versions of the BD/DVD drive?

Su

Robert1986 · 23 Jun 2009 at 14:01

Loaded up "Metal Gear Solid: Bande Dessinée" which I imported from Asia. I used ifoedit to look at the region code. Heres what it displays. This DVD works fine on my PS3. Funny thing is, it didn't work on my US PS3 when I had it.

UK PS3
SD DVD - Region 2 PAL & Region 0 PAL & Region 0 NTSC
Bluray - Region B

andshrew · 23 Jun 2009 at 14:48

Robert1986 said:
Loaded up "Metal Gear Solid: Bande Dessinée" which I imported from Asia. I used ifoedit to look at the region code. Heres what it displays. This DVD works fine on my PS3. Funny thing is, it didn't work on my US PS3 when I had it.

It wouldn't work on your US PS3 though as it's Region 2? It should work on your UK one though because it is the correct region (and as Sumanji pointed out it's the region that matters not the format it's in).

Strife212 · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:07

The format does matter as well, on mine anyway.

andshrew · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:14

Out of interest have you tried playing any PAL PS1 games downloaded from the PS Store on your PS3? If so do they work or does it complain about PAL for those as well.

I've read before of people with NTSC machines being unable to play PAL games, so perhaps the same applys for DVD's as well in this case.

Seem's strange though, as far as I understand things it should only be the region that limits you (provided your player can output NTSC and PAL formats and your TV receive them).

Robert1986 · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:44

I downloaded a few PAL PS1 games when I had my US PS3 and had no problems playing them.

btw, the Earl dvd's I have are NTSC region free. Still doesn't explain why the MGS DVD works as its Region 2 NTSC which the PAL PS3 doesn't support.

andshrew · 23 Jun 2009 at 19:36

Robert1986 said:
I downloaded a few PAL PS1 games when I had my US PS3 and had no problems playing them.

Sorry, I was referring that to Strife212 as he has PS3 which specifically refuses to play PAL DVDs so I was interested to know if this persisted beyond DVDs.

Robert1986 said:
btw, the Earl dvd's I have are NTSC region free. Still doesn't explain why the MGS DVD works as its Region 2 NTSC which the PAL PS3 doesn't support.

There's no mystery here as has been explained numerous times already... UK is region 2, your disc is region 2, so it should play.
The only thing that is odd is that NTSC-J region 2 PS3 doesn't play region 2 discs encoded in PAL... but that could well be a hardware/software limitation of that particular PS3 model.