Hii,
I had an Oppo BDP-83 last year which was region modded.. Realising that such a good player doesnt find much application @ my home decided to sell it and I sold it through our forum.. From then I was searching desperately for a low cost multiregion player as I had region A, B and C disks..
The PQ and SQ were not much concern as I know i am going to buy a cheap player, my only concern was it to be region free.. Luckily I went through a topic in avforums.com. From that forum, I got the idea that Toshiba BDPs can be made region free by applying a region free firmware which is available freely..
So i decided to purchase Toshiba BDX3100 and went on the SYW route.. But as usual SYW was unable to ship the item within the stipulated time frame.. So i cancelled that order.. After that I used SNS to procure Toshiba BDX3200 from amazon.uk. The item reached me within 2weeks of order.. Its a cute little player with a blue LED illuminated blu-ray logo on the front.. Looks cool...
Connected it yesterday to my Panasonic Plasma.. Patched it with the region free firmware.. Played region A Avatar BD.. PQ exceeded my expectation, from my view its almost similar to oppo BDP-83 for blu-ray.. I havent checked its DVD upscaling capability though.. But SQ doesnt even come near to Oppo.. But thats expected, as we cannot compare both.. Checked different region disks and all worked like a charm..
Anyway I am totally satisfied with my purchase..

Total damage to the wallet was Rs. 8100/-.. Anyone looking for a cheaper BDP can buy this one with confidence..
Check this link for further info..
Blu-ray and DVD Player Multiregion Hacks | AVForums.com - UK Online
According to the link many Toshiba BDP models can be made region free by using the firmware...
In the thread title interpretation of
cheap = inexpensive
Thanks and regards...