Compatilibilty with Sony DVR-FX930

[Alpha1980]

I recently bought a US Sony FX930 portable DVD player naively presuming I would be able to play my UK DVDs.

Sony support confirmed that this model is only compatible with region 1 NTSC DVDs so here is how I converted my region 2 PALs:

1. Ripped main movie using DVD Fab 6.
2. Converted VOB format to NTSC using VOB Blanker 2.1.3.0
3. Converted DVD to region 1 using DVD Shrink 3.2 and burnt using Nero 7.

I've only backed-up two DVDs so far but it's working a charm.

My question is this: are these backed-up movies really in NTSC format? Or just PAL in disguise? I was under the impression it takes a lot of work to convert PAL to NTSC properly so I'm guessing my FX-930 is capable of playing PAL - it is just programmed not to. Unless VOB Blanker is more powerful and efficient than I realise?

[Baldrick]

Nope, they are not in NTSC format but just a PAL with NTSC DVD IFO headers.

I guess you have just tried without vobblanker so the dvd is region free/region1 and it wont work right?

[Alpha1980]

That's right.