Can NTSC DVD-players play region 0 pal-discs?

[sikki_nixx]

I have a pretty basic question about DVD players...

Can NTSC dvd players play region 0 PAL-DVD-r's?

It seems like every PAL machine plays region 0 NTSC DVD-r's,
but I've heard that it's easier for PAL to do that because the
PAL TV's are more advanced than NTSC... or something... .

please help.

/Peter

[mats.hogberg]

Some may, some wont. It's different for different makes/models.

/Mats

[bugster]

The chances are your DVD player will play it, but wether your TV will handle the resulting PAL colour signal from many of them is another question!

[jeex]

bugster,

there are very few tv's sold here in the US that will handle a PAL signal and display it correctly. from what i've read on these boards, its much more common in europe to have a TV that will handle NTSC.

your chances of finding a dvd player that will convert a PAL dvd on the fly to NTSC is much greater.

i've encountered quite a few dvd players that will do this.. but only a few that that refuse to play a PAL dvd or dont output it correctly.

[bugster]

bugster,

there are very few tv's sold here in the US that will handle a PAL signal and display it correctly.

So I have heard.

from what i've read on these boards, its much more common in europe to have a TV that will handle NTSC.

Thats certainly true, even if they don't advertise the fact. If they don't handle NTSC they will usually handle PAL-60 (PAL at 60 fields per second)which many DVD players and VCR's will produce with NTSC material.

your chances of finding a dvd player that will convert a PAL dvd on the fly to NTSC is much greater.

Is this a true conversion or is it NTSC-50. Most likley the latter. Not that it really matters as long as the picture is being displayed!

[jeex]

your chances of finding a dvd player that will convert a PAL dvd on the fly to NTSC is much greater.

Is this a true conversion or is it NTSC-50. Most likley the latter. Not that it really matters as long as the picture is being displayed!

y'know, i'm not sure..i just know that the picture isnt black/white & rolling .. how would i find out if its a 'true conversion' or 'ntsc-50'?

(wow, i think this is the first post where someone is in complete agreement with me on more than 3 points on one subject.)

[bugster]

your chances of finding a dvd player that will convert a PAL dvd on the fly to NTSC is much greater.

Is this a true conversion or is it NTSC-50. Most likley the latter. Not that it really matters as long as the picture is being displayed!

y'know, i'm not sure..i just know that the picture isnt black/white & rolling .. how would i find out if its a 'true conversion' or 'ntsc-50'?

Not sure how you would find out, at least without some expensive specialist equipment. Even then I couldn't tell you waht you need or how to use it!

Anyway, my personal thoughts on this are that a true PAL to NTSC conversion would require some fairly expensive circuitry. I suppose it could be done by repeating frames or fields just like film to NTSC (3:2 pulldown) but that would be more complex than simply outputting an NTSC colour signal with 50 fields per second. As it seems to be be mostly the cheaper (chinese?) players that support PAL to NTSC conversion, I would expect it to be NTSC-50 output.

(wow, i think this is the first post where someone is in complete agreement with me on more than 3 points on one subject.)

I suppose it had to happen someday