Modify Oppo UDP 203 For Region B/2 (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

For my 103, I find the "setup" change and the "wait 10 secs" after power-off to be unnecessary... but that 1st step is definitely important... plus not waiting too long (maybe no more than 15-30 secs) after the player's on-and-ready for executing the region switch.

_Man_

The "setup" change depends on the disc according to the Region Code Operation instructs. I usually don't bother with it.

 

[dpippel]

Sounds fairly easy. Anyone aware of a downside to adapting the Oppo for All Region? Almost everything has a side effect.

Thank you all for your help.

No downsides at all. I had a BDP-103 for years that I used with the external mod, followed by a UDP-203. Both functioned almost flawlessly. The only exception being the occasional problematic disc playback that required a firmware update from Oppo to correct. Those instances had nothing to do with the RF mod though.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

FWIW, these days our family actually usually just leave our Oppo 103 in region B and play any region-A-locked BDs on our modest 4K player instead.

Most(?) BDs don't actually seem to be region locked anyway (though plenty are... and it's not always easy to tell w/out trying to play the disc, except in cases like Criterion titles), and we find it simpler to just switch players instead (even though I have the commands programmed into our Harmony remote)... plus it probably reduces the wear-and-tear on our Oppo...

_Man_