PAL-DVD playing on Pioneer DVD-343

[agprabhakar]

I have been using this DVD player for a long time and it played all my homemade PAL VCD's on my NTSC TV without any problem. Now I got a DVD writer and created a PAL DVD, but this unit is not playing that?? Any clues or ideas?

Thanks

[bugster]

Does the player support + or - DVD formats. What kind of recordable DVD did you use. How did you create and burn the recordable DVD.

Too many questions, too little info.

[agprabhakar]

Hello bugster:

Does the player support + or - DVD formats.
>>> This players supports both +R, -R and +RW and -RW formats

What kind of recordable DVD did you use.
>>> Sony +RW disk

How did you create and burn the recordable DVD.
>>> first captured analog video from PAL camcoder using ADSInstantDVD2.0 and then Used Ulead DVD movie factory for recording the DVD.

Player problem:

You can hear the audio well, but the video is black&white jumping, it is clear that the DVD player is not sending the NTSC information. It only wonders me how the DVD player is sending the NTSC signal, if I play the PAL VCD??


Bugster or anyone else, any clue on what could be the problem??

[bugster]

Hello bugster:

Bugster or anyone else, any clue on what could be the problem??

Now you have explained a little more, no, sorry.

Are you sure there isn't a setting somehwere in the menus?

[agprabhakar]

Are you sure there isn't a setting somehwere in the menus?

absolutely no.. The player just plays the PAL VCD's so fine on the NTSC TV.. no setting changed.... it is only the PAL DVD's creating the problem... still scratching the heard....

[SanderMan]

You could try setting your dvd player to ntsc. I have a pioneer dv-444 and I can do it by switching my player on with the >> button pressed. I can then set it to ntsc, pal or auto. Probably works the same way with a dv-343.

[agprabhakar]

You could try setting your dvd player to ntsc. I have a pioneer dv-444 and I can do it by switching my player on with the >> button pressed

Sanderman, I tried this in my343 player, but it doesn't work. Anyway the specifications of the DVD player doesn't say that it has multi-format support.

But I still wonder how the VCD in PAL works fine without any issues, but the DVD in PAL is creating the problem!!!>>> Any clues from experts???

[hech54]

VCD's are notoriously more forgiving in "non native" circumstances than DVD's. That is the best explaination I have for you....sorry. I can send any PAL VCD to my folks back home in the U.S. and they have no problem viewing them.

[du da'an]

I am by no means an expert but just want to tell you my own experience. My dvd player is pioneer dv343 (labelled as US regional one/NTSC only). In a foreign visit I bought lots of VCDs and regional3 NTSC DVDs. My player has been playing these VCDs flawlessly but when playing the DVDs, there were no pictures (audio OK) but jumping/rolling lines. 2 weeks ago I bought a Jensen Q2749j TV to replace my old GE TV, suddenly I found now I can play most of the DVDs perfectly. However, 2 DVDs have become black/white (but no jumping/rolling at all just like perfect black/white movie although they are of color in computer). My research found that this unbelievably cheap TV ($199 for 27" pure flat) has PAL playback function! (see JensenTV.com)
I cannot explain:
1. Why the player can play regional 3 disks without hacking.
2. Why those NTSC disks need PAL playback function (Are they wrongly labelled?).
3. Why only for the two disks color movies become b/w movies.

[du da'an]

a friend of mine checked for me. my dvd player was connected to tv through a sharp brand vcr. he then connected the dvd player directly to the tv, every disk played flawlessly. no more b/w video. then we tried a region 6 pal dvd, a newly released chinese movie, perfect! no problem. although there are still things he cannot explain, practically, pioneer dv343 + jensen q2749j plays both ntsc and pal of perhaps every region.