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May 27th, 2005, 11:45 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Plainfield, New Jersey
Posts: 927
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Do PAL DVD players and TVs work with NTSC?
I have been hearing conflicting things about whether or not modern PAL players and sets can also play NTSC DVDs as well. Is this true?
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May 27th, 2005, 12:22 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Monterey, CA
Posts: 406
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Yes, but not visa versa. Pal can play NTSC, NTSC cannot play Pal. Well, 95% of Pal players anyways:
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#1.19 Kevin |
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May 28th, 2005, 05:46 AM
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RED Code Chef
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Holland
Posts: 12,514
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Well, I would not say yes. Here's how it boils down currently in western
europe (at least here in Holland): 1. almost all DVD players have an option to convert NTSC to PAL on the fly 2. a lot of the medium and high end TV's can playback NTSC (especially the widescreen models). So there is a pretty good chance someone in (western) europe can play back an NTSC DVD. I'd say that chance is 75% (a "feeling"). However, if you want to sell a product on the PAL market you really can't sell a NTSC version. Just convert (or have it converted) to PAL and sell that. If it is for someone you know in a PAL country it should be fine to send something as NTSC.
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