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Blu-ray in New Zealand
Posted by Rod in Technolust at 10:33 am on Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Rob from Fatso got in touch and gave me a bit of run down on Blu-ray in NZ.

There are 3 region codes, compared to 6 DVD codes. We are region B grouped with Australia and Europe. I guess that is a good thing.

Rental companies have been sitting on the fence with regard to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. They are naturally easing out of HD-DVD.

Fatso has around 43 titles. Demand is still low. In our region there are around 160 titles available. Universal still has nothing.

Amazon lists 837 results for Blu-ray which must be Region A.

So I urge you to go out and get a Blu-ray player so we can get a bit more choice on our fair shores.

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Comments(5)

    Comment by Jos at 11:28 am on 26 March 2008

    As far as price vs. quality of player goes, the PlayStation 3 is hard to beat. Just make sure you have the 720 or 1080p screen to match!




    Comment by Gordon at 10:06 pm on 26 March 2008

    Only 3 regions codes.

    When will these guys get it?

    Slicing the world up into physical market segments make no sense in the age of downloadable content. I know we aren’t quite there yet but it looks like Blu-ray will fall by the wayside over the next few years as high speed bandwidth reaches the last mile.




    Comment by Johnson at 11:27 pm on 27 March 2008

    Pity about HD-DVD, it had no region codes.




    Comment by Lance at 12:14 am on 28 March 2008

    I’d rather get a region A player, and get cheaper and a better selection of discs.

    Just as with the DVD.




    Comment by Matt at 8:44 pm on 10 June 2008

    Isn’t region coding illegal in New Zealand ?? The Blu-Ray players should not be locked down to any particular region (ie they should be multizone). Under which legal statute can we use to sue the manufacturers of these illegal Blu-Ray devices ?