Region 2 Japan 60 Gig PS3 question.

[Domon Kasshu]

Ok, so about a few months ago, i was really fortunate to purchase a barely used Playstation 3 60 gig Japan model for $500 (I use it for all my PS1 and PS2 import, especially Hurricanger and Pepsiman !! ). Anyway, i was browsing around today on eBay and noticed they had the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 on DVD. When i looked into it more, i noticed it's a European release and has a Region 2 encoding. I also am aware that Japan uses Region 2 as well. That being the case, if i purcahse the DVDs, would my Japan PS3 be able to play it, or it specificially for Europe Region 2 ? I know, it sounds stupid; however, i didn't want to shell out the cash if there was a difference between Europe Region 2 and Japan Region 2. Thanks.

Sidenote: Yes, i love Zyuranger as well, but i'd wanted MMPR for nostalgia. :anime:

 

[Kaiju]

Euro R2 is PAL format , might be out of luck. I can't answer for sure if the PS3 would convert on-the-fly PAL2NTSC . My guess would be no though.

 

[arnoldmcguire335]

Your JP PS3 is marked NTSC-J, and it's R2 for DVD's, so it won't work. the Blu Rays, however, will still work, due to Japan and the US sharing the same region coding (Region A).

 

[Domon Kasshu]

That sucks. I didn't think PAL and NTSC made a difference when it came to DVDs, I thought it just relied on the region code. :\ Thanks guys.

P.S. I'm guessing MMPR isn't coming to the US anytime soon ? :\

 

[Drazic]

The ps3 and MMPR dvds are the same region so it should at least play. I don't know if it would play properly but the DVDs being PAL shouldn't be a problem if you're using HDMI.

Maybe you can download a PAL dvd somewhere and see if it works. If it does then the MMPR dvds probably will as well.

 

[Domon Kasshu]

Actually, you just made me think of an idea. I'll take one of the DVDs I already own, convert it to a Region 2 Pal iso and see if it plays. And yep, I'm using HDMI. I'll post back if it works.