Does My DVD Player Convert PAL/NTSC?

[aamir12345678]

I have a Cyberhome 402. I checked the DVD Players Compatability List on this site. It says under "Other Features" that my DVD player does "Multisystem PAL/NTSC Convert." Does that mean that if I enter a PAL DVD it is going to automatically convert it so that my NTSC (only) TV can play it properly?

[dphirschler]

I think so. I just bought one of those cheapo Cyberhome $35 players at Best Buy and tried a PAL disc in it. It played fine on my NTSC set.


Darryl

[Dennis1968]

if their internal chipset does exactly what they claim, then YES it will play back your PAL colour DVDs out to your NTSC TV in NTSC color. BUT THEN AGAIN it depends if the player will allow toy boot up multiple Region DVDs not just Region 0 and Region 1 PAL.

[aamir12345678]

I don't understand any of this region talk, but let me try one PAL disk. Did you have to change any settings for it to work?

[Dennis1968]

For my older Sony and a friend's Toshiba, I had to use IfoEdit to change the Region Code and the PAL tag lines.

BUT try to play a non-manipulated PAL Region 2 or PAL Region 4 DVD. and just see first if your DVD will even boot then see what the "conversion on the fly" visuals look like. some video chipsets can't convert PAL to NTSC on the fly very well.

[dphirschler]

To clarify, the disc I tested with was a PAL disc with real PAL 25i video. But it was not a regioned disc. It was a region-free DVD+R. So I don't know if it will ignore the region info, only that it will correctly play PAL discs on an NTSC TV.


Darryl

[dphirschler]

Oh, and I didn't have to make any settings changes to play it. It just played. I wasn't able to tell if it was cropping anything out of the picture. One would think it would have to, but it looked more like it converted to progressive and then resized. The aspect ratio looked fine.


Darryl