There doesn't appear to be a region free mod for your player.  Blu-ray isn't region free, but it reduced the regions from eight (DVD) down to three; Ultra Blu-ray is actually region free... finally.  Region free Blu-ray players are harder to come by, compared to DVD, since the BDA has made it "illegal", so to speak, through their licensing agreements.  Hence, the reason why we're only seeing third party mods.  That and the fact that the disc performs the region free checking vice the player as it did for DVD.

http://www.jvbdigital.nl/jvb.asp?cur=2&level=modifications&page=browse&searchtype=brand&searchstring=BluRay

In most cases Amazon would probably refund you your cost, but at the same time that is the risk you took.

As a backup to my other methods, I bought this thing: "iVid BD-K980 Multi Region Free 4K Upscaling 3D Blu Ray DVD Player, NTSC/PAL" still available on Amazon.com.

No frills, not very stylish, but it will play anything (at least for me, so far). And a couple of added features 2xHDMI output, discrete 5.1 audio output jacks, and component output.

Alas, the component shuts down for certain HD content.

Why not a multi region blu ray player like this one? I bought a predecessor of the same model (the S3100, back in 2014) and have been watching DVD and BD from all over the world with no problem whatsoever.

I like that  idea totally ..  multiplayer is what I need ..

thanks to all !!

In a way separate A and B players may be more practical than a multi-region player. The reason: there really are no region free blu-ray players. The are region selectable. That means that you have to set it to the appropriate region before trying to play a disc. And with most players, like my Oppo, you can't tell which region they are currently set for. And changing region may include taking the disc out, setting the region and turning the player off, then on again. So with separate players you just have to put the disc into the right player and you're good to go. But of course there are other practical drawbacks with two apparatuses instead of one.

If you wonder why BD players are region selectable, it's because the region checking is done differently from DVDs. For DVDs, the player asks the disc what region it is, and if it's the wrong region, the player is not supposed to play the disc. But if the player doesn't ask ...

BDs do it differently. The software on the disc asks the player what region the player is. And if the player answers with the wrong region, the disc won't play. While programs like AnyDVDHD can figure out the region for some discs, it's (currently, at least) not possible to programatically do it safely for the majority. And thus you must tell the player beforehand what region it's supposed to be.

edit .. found out there is a section in the menu called Sony Entertainment Network  which has Netflix as well as many other streaming services ..\


so all is good again .. 

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