iVid BD780 Multi Region Free 3D Blu Ray DVD Player PAL/NTSC 110-240 Volt w/ Free HDMI Cable

A TRUE REGION-FREE BLU-RAY PLAYER: REGION- FREE DISCS + REGION B DISCS ANYWAY ++ DIDN'T HAVE ANY REGION C ON HAND TO TEST: iVid BD780 blu-ray player came within 10d of placing order. Cost me around 120$ + FL tax. It worked right out of the box and plugging in power cord + HDMI wire (a free one was included) + included USB thumb drive labeled region B. There were 2 USB thumb drives, 1 labeled region A and other one region B. Not sure if you need to attach it to the player or not but I figure it wouldn't hurt and I couldn't find any written instruction so went ahead and didn't run into any problem. There are TWO USB ports BTW: one on front panel; other one on the back. A bonus: you don't have to enter any tricky code and say a lot of prayer with this model: it plays UK discs right away. Unlike my old LG, where every time the cat lies on the power strip and turns off the power, it's reset to region A and you have to hunt down the instruction to enter the region B code to play UK discs. The USB drive is genius and so convenient! So far I played 10+ region B titles bought from Amazon UK w/o a hitch. Pic quality is same as my older 6-yr-old LG blu-ray player previously bought from 220 Electronics. PIC QUALITY: 101 Films' "Rabid" and 88 Films' "Battle Creek Brawl" were beautiful. 88 Films' "Snake & Crane" was faded with green-yellow discoloration but I think that was the same quality on the LG. I'm not a professional Blu-ray/DVD reviewer so take my comparison with a grain of salt. +++ you can adjust pic quality under "setup" but I couldn't make the pic any better or worse on some of Jackie Chan's older movies with poorer quality. SOUND QUALITY: standard HDMI +++ I played with various setting under "audio" and "setup": none made the sound louder or different. Maybe you need a true surround system instead of just a Samsung soundbar + subwoofer like me? TRAY + LOADING SPEED: speed was insane! I timed the picture or menu easily started within 6 sec of closing the tray + clicking play; much faster than my old LG which took 10 sec+. REMOTE is tiny 5-inch long with too many buttons for its own good. Worked well for me but probably too tiny for large-hand users. Remote has an "OSC" (on screen control?) which I find useful: you can cycle through subtitles + audio (Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese, or English for example) quickly w/o bringing up the disc' own menu. WI-FI MISSING: there is a LAN connector for connecting internet wire but I don't believe this model has wi-fi capability. Why does my cell phone, Fitbit watch, and BP cuff have wi-fi/blu-tooth feature but not a 2020 blu-ray player? Who is designing these blu-ray players? anyhow, if this player needs to update firm-ware, I haven't found out yet under setting. This is bad, b/c every few years, I believe disc manufacturers add new anti-piracy features and players have to update their software; otherwise you get glitches. This is what happed to my old LG player: it can play older UK blu-rays w/o problem, but new discs made last 2 yrs: frequent freezes on screen esp with trying to advance chapters or when you bring on the menu; player just won't advance. I'm not into Blu-ray "Live" features that you download from internet so not a deal-breaker for me. SIZE: this player measures about 17" wide so fits in nicely with my home stereo. I avoid the recent crop of tiny 10-11" wide machines. Good look is important for me. BTW, this thing has a nice green display with minimal non-distracting one-liner. Much better than recent LG + Samsung players which NO LONGER have display. BUILD-QUALITY: typical low-cost made-in-China plastic case and really light (3-4 lbs max) but not really diffent than many players that I checked out at Best Buys. OVERALL: a 5/5 winner! I now have separate players for region A and this iVid is ideal for region B discs from our UK friends. It played region B right out of the box; you might have to connect the USB drive labeled region B 1st but then there is no tricky code to enter after that. Pic + audio quality: on par with my 6-yr-old LG player. CONCERN: how do you update firmware and is there such a thing? Anyone who knows more about firmware please let the rest of us know. A great and very convenient deal for $120 + tax. I am buying a second one for back-up at that price.

I just recently received this free region Blu ray player. Blu ray player comes with a USB A or B to connect on your device. B is to play the imported movies and A is for North American movies. But with my player I received I didn't have to connect the USB to play import movies and was able to play both domestic and import movies without doing anything special. It comes with instructions and a phone number in case you can't set up region B on your player. It does have optical output for surround sound. I do recommend pressing audio to choose your channel sound if you have a sound bar or full surround sound when playing imported movies. The only thing I didn't like was opening the back of the remote control to out in the batteries. Had to use my car keys to push down on that button. Almost cut my nail while doing so. Picture quality is good and sound is great if you have a surround sound. You can change picture settings on the Blu ray player and has a couple other features you can adjust. It comes with a manual and HDMI cable. If you have imported movies from the U.K this will definitely play your imported movies or tv shows on Blu Ray or DVD. :)

Pros: Arrived on time and fully intact. Region change is easy to set up if you read the instructions. Plays Blurays flawlessly after set up. Region settings can be changed at any time and as many times as need be. Cons: My device, though the same hardware-wise, is of a different brand (just seems odd). Relatively large compared to other Bluray players. The disk drive is noticeably loud while it reads and plays movies. I received the player on time, and in one piece. The box and device are branded as iCom instead of iVid; however the device is the exact same as what is marketed, the BD780 model. The box was not sealed with tape, so I assume that it is in fact a post factory upgrade. Inside the box is the player, safely held in place with Styrofoam, the remote controller, batteries for the remote controller, AV cables (but NO HDMI cable), the user manual, and the instructions to change the region of the player. The instruction list steps to change the region of the bluray player. First you go into the set up menu of the player, then you punch in a four-digit code. When you punch in the code, there is no box or GUI anywhere that shows the input of the code. Basically, the code input is invisible. But if you enter the 4 numbers correctly, a region change menu pops up where you can easily change the region of the player. Once you change it, it remains that region until you change it again. I need the player for region B blurays, so I only needed to change it once. All in all, the region control is easy to set up, and the player is very quick. The player itself is kind of large compared to most other Bluray players I've seen. It is unfortunate that it does not come packaged with an HDMI cable because Blurays ought to be seen in HD, not standard AV. But I had a spare HDMI cable, so I did not have to buy another. Lastly, my region B Blurays play flawlessly on the player, and they look and sound great. However, the player is pretty loud while it reads discs. With a good sound system, it's hardly noticeable, but at low volumes, the constant loud hum of the disk drive is kind of annoying.

Excellent DVD Player. Plays all Region formats and very easy to connect to TV with HDM1 cord. Will definitely recommend this to all of us who have multi region format DVDs in their collection.

Lo compré para poder ver algunas películas bluray en 3d de región B. Lo recomiendo siempre y cuando estén pensando en comprar varias películas en bluray de esa región, de lo contrario no se justificaría lo que se va a pagar por el reproductor. Yo apenas tengo 4 blurays de región B, aún no se justifica el gasto, pero pienso comprar más. Si sólo lo quieren para ver DVDs de otras regiones, mejor compren un reproductor de dvds multiregón, hay varios económicos aquí. Por lo demás, los DVD de cualquier región se reproducen y ven muy bien (tengo de región 1,2 y 4). Y los bluray de región A y B tambien se reproducen sin problemas. Utiliza unas memorias USB para hacer el cambio de región, pero no viene una USB para región C.

J'ai acheté ce lecteur, dans une boutique spécialisée de Montréal à l'été 2014, spécifiquement pour sa capacité multizone. Je l'ai payé $100 de plus ! (et je suis certain qu'ils s'aprovisionnent ici, sur Amazon) (réf. prix de vente Amazon.ca $179.99). N'hésitez surtout pas si celà ressemble à ce que vous cherchez. Cet appareil est le seul dont vous avez besoin pour découvrir le cinéma international. Je suis entièrement satisfait, je pense même à m'en procurer un deuxième pour compléter une autre installation. Polyvalence de connections et l'appareil fait tout le reste. À ceux qui se plaignent de devoir changer manuellement le code de région pour les blurays (setup+1369+ choix de zone et voilà!), je demande: Qui fait votre café le matin?, un robot pour que vous n'ayez pas à le faire vous-même? Un excellent produit ! 20 juin 2015: Voilà! Je viens de commander mon deuxième iCom BD780 !!! 23 juin 2015: Article reçu, installé et le plaisir commence! Je suis totalement satisfait par le Ivid BD780 qui est le jumeau du iCom BD780. Je ne peux que vous le recommander. J'ai installé le iCom BD780 en utilisant la connection HDMI directement sur la télé HD pour l'image et la sortie audio optique pour le son via un récepteur Denon AVR688. Le Ivid BD780 lui est installé via HDMI pour le son et l'image sur une télé HD LG à DEL. Ces appareils à bas prix livrent la qualité d'image et de son à laquelle on peut s'attendre d'un appareil bien plus coûteux. 10 étoiles !

A good poduct. REMOTE contoll to be use with deep care.

Comes complete with simple instructions and equipment (USB plug-in) for conversion for use in Region "1" / Region "A" for Blu-Ray. It is extremely easy to use and the picture quality and colour are all that I could want.