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....I have a (cheap) DVD player which is "compatible with both NTSC and PAL TV systems." My TV set is a garden-variety U.S. 27-inch "monitor" type, about 10 years old. I would like to play UK DVD's (e.g., The West Wing) which are "Region 2/PAL." Is this possible? BTW, I have the DVD connected to the TV with audio/video RCA-type cables. (I did search the forum, but didn't see a post with this exact question and/or answer)
Can someone help me with this? I don't want to buy the DVD's and then find they don't work.
Thanks in advance.
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Your DVD player will need to be *Region Free*, able to play PAL discs and convert this PAL video to an NTSC video output.The world has been arbitrarily divided into 6 regions by the makers of DVD's (for no technical reason, all to do with marketing and copyrights). If your machine can play PAL *and* it can convert this to NTSC output, you'd still get tripped unless the machine was also region free.
Some inexpensive DVD players can do all three of the things you need, and it's possible yours can too. On the other hand, some can read both PAL and NTSC, but can only output in the format of the original DVD (i.e., can't convert) ...and some can read in one format and output in another video standard.
The kind of machine you need exists, and they don't cost much, but I don't know what's the case with the machine you own. Search on the AVS_forum.com (or is it AVSforum.com ?) and you should get some tips on models that work.
I believe the CyberHome 500 can do all you need (and Progressive Scan as a bonus). Best Buy and other stores sell them, often as cheap as $50 (with rebates)
M.
Do you know if my uk pal dvd will work in europe where the tv's are PAL B not PAL I like the UK or is there only one pal system.
In all likelihood, the dvd player will output either pal (region2) or ntsc (region1) signals from the dvd's (I have one that was converted and outputs any region's signal that I bought in Singapore) but you'll need a tv that can use the various signals. It is fairly common to find in the UK tv's that will playback ntsc (US and Japan standard) signals on a pal system tv (UK standard) but you'll need a multi-system tv to do so playing pal. I don't recall seeing any ntsc tv's that playback pal signals. Another option is to buy on outboard converter that takes the pal signal and converts it to ntsc playback standard although these are often as expensive as multi-system tv's (and don't work all that well).good luck.
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