NTCS movies PAL DVD players

[swalesgeeza]

ello!
Wanted to ask a question on DVD formats when converting!
well i know you get a jerky movie if you convert a NTSC film to PAL standards on TMPGEnc, which is a pain! But i presume there is no region encoding on the disc once it's done?
are all, or at least most region 2 players capable of playing a NTSC reseloution and framerate DVDs ?
If not what should i do when i encounter an NTSC standard movie and want it to play on PAL DVD players?

[bugster]

are all, or at least most region 2 players capable of playing a NTSC reseloution and framerate DVDs ?

Yes, most, if not all DVD players sold in europe will happily play NTSC format DVD's (as well as PAL obviously). When doing so they will output either NTSC colour signals, or PAL-60. Some can be switched from one to the other. In order to watch these movies you would need a TV that could handle the signal correctly. Again, most TV's sold in europe in recent years will handle either PAL-60 or NTSC (or both) without issue.

[zilog_jones]

Some more recent players like my JVC XV-N55 actually converts (very badly) 60Hz (NTSC) video to 50Hz video. It looks AWFUL (jerky and flickery!), and there's no way I can turn it off. I e-mailed JVC about it, and they just started talking shite about how they condone getting mod chips to play Region 1 DVDs - something I DID NOT ASK AT ALL! Retards.

I'm pretty sure *every* PAL DVD player can play NTSC discs in some way - either outputting it in full NTSC or PAL-60/NTSC4.33 or converting it into a hideous mess. If it only outputs it in NTSC colour (e.g. older PlayStation2s), which isn't supported by most TVs here (just ends up in balck & white), an RGB SCART lead will solve that problem as the colours are sent to the TV separately.