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Alas, this is Amerikay.....

Posted by Harmonia (A) on November 9, 2007 at 21:39:21

In Reply to: RE: This might be my holy grail player if... posted by David Aiken on November 8, 2007 at 19:34:00:

My Philips HDTV doesn't display PAL. Sob. The vast majority of displays sold in US don't either.

It's not a big deal in Europe or Oz/NZ but here in the US you gotta take some time and trouble to find players that are all-region AND convert. No brick and mortar store I know of in my major metro area sells such a machine ready to go out of the box. The only one that did (Laser's Edge) closed its doors and went web only, dropping all hardware sales.

Most people in the US don't even know that other parts of the world use a system different from NTSC. I'm always getting emails from web-friends who bought a R2 or R4 DVD and wonder why it won't work in their DVD player. Imports, except among a few select groups of fans, are relatively rare here. It's assumed in this market that no one buys anything but R1, and the studios hang on to the inane region system. I bet if I asked a salesperson in a big box store here about PAL display he wouldn't even know what the heck I was talking about.

I effing HATE THIS. If I get lucky next year after I move, I may investigate a larger, spiffier, more versatile new display. Until then, I need my converting player for my imports. Word was the Us version combo Sammies will not be enabled for PAL>NTSC. I'm so excited one of my fave movies of all time, In My Father's Den is coming out on Blue Ray - German R2. I want it but have no idea what I'll play it on...yet. The R1 is coming out soon but not and HD version, plus I bet it's the edited UK cut. I'm not buying an HD machine til there's one that will get me down to ONE box. Ot at least two ;-)

Phooey.

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