6/8/2023 0 Comments Kplayer 6000 pal or ntsc![]() They are freely available on the net, usually at reasonable costs, I have posted links to dozens of good sellers selling such players. The Pioneer range of dvd players currently sold, certainly the 420, can play pal on a ntsc TV and can be made region free easilly, most if not all Philips dvd players are also the same. The blanket statements made on this site about the whole ntsc/pal issue have long baffled me. It seems to me that the very fact that a dvd player can be hacked region free, tends to suggest that it can play pal on a ntsc TV. This type of player is not compatible with most North American TV sets so don't get tempted by eBay. ** Name brand DVD players sold in PAL countries are mostly "Multi-System" in the sense that they play PAL and convert NTSC to PAL60 which is compatible with most PAL TV sets. In these cases, "PAL" analog component video will display color on the TV where encoded composite or S-Video will show only as monochrome. Some HDTV sets will play 625 line 50 Hz video but lack a PAL decoder. ![]() ![]() Separate from "PAL", the main TV spec is ability to play 625/50 video. * TV sets have two issues of compatibility. Philips and Oppo are the most likely of the name brands to offer PAL to NTSC conversion. Be sure to select "Multi-system PAL/NTSC" then read the reviews to separate #2 and #3 types. You need to look for feedback in review forums like this one to find these gems. They usually don't advertise this capability. These models will play a PAL DVD to an NTSC TV. NTSC or PAL playback with PAL to NTSC conversion**. In this case the Chinese are shipping us a world model that differs little from those shipped to Europe or other PAL countries.ģ. Many of the low end 'no name' Chinese players fall into this class. In this case PAL plays as PAL and requires a PAL capable TV*. The industry wants to sell the NTSC version.Ģ. They also don't want Americans or Canadians importing PAL DVD discs. The majors want the US market isolated to prevent export of US/Canadian players to the more heavily taxed PAL world. Most of the name brands fall into this category. The manual for the Samsung LN26A450C1D LCD TV from 2008 says nothing at all about the TV standards it supports.įirst region hacks and decoding standards are separate issues as has been stated.Ĭoncerning playback decode, there are three broad types of DVD players in the USA.ġ. It enables playback of a different type of disc (PAL or NTSC disc) on this unit." The manual only says this: "TV Type: Select the color system that matches the connected TV. So in the US, Philips would be the brand to try for multi-region use if buying a DVD player at an ordinary store, but I can't tell if it converts the output from PAL to NTSC. I guess that makes sense since Philips is also the brand for which region free hacks are most often available. I took a look at them.īased on what the Philips DVP3962 manual says, it looks like it plays both PAL and NTSC discs. My own equimpent is five or more years old and NTSC only, but I have some PDF manuals stored on my computer's HDD to help relatives with problems they might have with purchases made within the past 2 years. Googling "TV PAL and NTSC" turned up relatively few shopping hits, and the merchandise was supplied by a specialty retailer, although being classified as multi-system was apparently based on the tuner(s) only. Only a small percentage of the population seeks out DVDs from other regions, so there is no appreciable consumer demand for changing the status quo, and a lot of pressure from the movie industry to leave things the way they are. I think we are still pretty well locked into Region 1 and NTSC here. In fact I suspect you would have to import one unless you scoured garage sales for something 15 years old or more. Over here you would have to go out of your way to find a non-multi-standard TV. I thought that had started to change over the last couple of years, especially with LCD/Plasma TVs. The electronics department at an ordinary store won't have them. Those who want them need to look for a specialty retailer. Multi-standard TVs and DVD players are uncommon in the US.
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