PAL DVD on US DVD Player?

[idreos]

I live in the US and use a Panasonic DVD player.

Will I have any problems paying a Region 0 DVD recorded from a PAL video source.

If yes what will the problem be?

Are there any DVD players that can play the above as well as Region1 NTSC DVD's?

Thanks for your help!

[waheed]

On the region side, there are no problems. However, its the NTSC/PAL issue that will be causing you problems. You have to ensure that your dvd player (and tv) are capable of playing a PAL source.

If not, i guess you may have to go through the process of converting (re-encode) your movie from PAL to NTSC

[yoda313]

Hello,

If you have a pc dvd-rom it will play pal without any problems. As waheed said though, your dvd player has to be specifically designed to handle the different format.

Converting it yourself is a TIME CONSUMING process. Do a forum search for "pal to ntsc" and you'll find lots of info if you need to convert.

Kevin

[samijubal]

If you're lucky it might play, but it might have audio sync problems if it does.

[Severity]

There are many DVD players that will play both Pal and NTSC. I bought the Phillips 642 to do just that. It was fairly cheap but you do lose some quailty with it.