NTSC VCD playing B&W on multi region player

[matthirst]

I've just tried out an NTSC clip on a VCD on my mulit region DVD player (Toshiba DR1) and it plays black and white. Isn't the whole point of multi region players that you can play NTSC things in a PAL country?? I can only think that it's the TV but it's a pretty standard home TV, I've never been under the impression TV's had regions too. What's the deal?

[vcd4ever]

If your TV has a SCART socket and your TV also supports RGB then use a SCART cable with RGB.

vcd4ever.

[jman98]

TVs and VCD discs don't have region codes. The black and white issue usually means that the player isn't correctly converting the signal. I would suggest you try vcd4ever's suggestion. If that doesn't help, try to hook up your player to another TV and if you get the same results, I'd blame the player. I have a pretty poor opinion of Toshiba's players. They sold some in the USA at one point that didn't play VCD at all, so I can't rule out that your player is not as good as you think it is.

[seinman]

Just because it can play any region doesn't mean it can play any format. If you have an NTSC disc and a region-free but PAL-only player, no matter what you do it isn't going to play. You need a region free player as well as the ability to output in the format of your TV. My DVD player has a setting in the options to switch between PAL and NTSC, which defaults to whichever format the disc is and has to be changed manually. Take a look around and see if yours does too.