vadertyme said:

Hey DJ,

It appears that the only company that supports the "checkboard" output is Panasonic. Here is a list of Panasonic models which have been verified as of 2015 to include this output:

DMPBDT100
DMPBDT110
DMPBDT210
DMPBDT215
DMPBDT220
DMPBDT230
DMPBDT300
DMPBDT310
DMPBDT320
DMPBDT350

I did a quick look over on Amazon and found that they have a new DMPBDT230 (2013 model) which is region free for a little over $100. In addition someone asked on the product page aboout checkerboard output and it was confirmed that it does support it. If this is true, this maybe your best bet and the region free ability is the icing on the cake.

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMP-BDT230-Smart-Blu-Ray-Player/dp/B00AYB3OMG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1434480781&sr=8-4&keywords=Panasonic+3D+blu-ray+players

As for me, I agree with the PS3 being a good all around player but I personally have a stand alone Sony player to handle movies and reserve the PS3 for game playing only. I might also add that all of the Team Blu projects that I have, have been successfully on the 2 players above and an older Samsung player as well without any issues to bring up. I hope this helps.

-VT

Thanks for this info, a Panny 210 is what I have now and it is old, I didn't think they still made it lol, I will have to look this over and get a new player real soon or things might be on hold for a while until I can test, and our BD's need testing especially BD50's, knock on wood we have not had a bad disc go out to you guys yet and I hope it never does.

Thanks again

*edit, by the way I do the same things, my gaming systems are just that, games, I do test sometimes on my PS3 just to see the cool BD pic my menu guy chooses though and to try out all the menu functions.