Do you have direct experience playing PAL on Philips 642?

[chas0039]

Before I spend some real money on PAL DVD discs from Amazon.UK I am hoping that someone has some real experience playing PAL discs on a Philips 642. Philips is no help and according to what I have read it should work as long as I am not using wide screen. I want to get some BBC TV shows that are nowhere else. I will be viewing on a US NTSC TV.

Thanks in advance.

[canadateck]

I will test it later tonight, and let you know.

[oldfart13]

Region 2 UK PAL and PAL SVCDs work on my 27" and 13" NTSC Sony TVs.

[oldfart13]

PS PAL Anamorphic widescreen plays perfectly with the correct aspect ratio on those sets as well...

[canadateck]

Well like the post above says, it does say Pal DVD's, I also tried a CDVD it played it but without sound.

[chas0039]

So you guys say it will play PAL DVDs. Thanks much. I'll order today.

[oldfart13]

You should be able to hear sound by pressing the audio button a couple times until it cycles through the audio codecs. I had to learn this from a poster on this board since it's not in the user manual. I had problems playing mpegs burned onto DVD+RWs until I found out this trick...