Playing PAL discs on NTSC TV

[culttvguy]

Hi,does anyone know if there are currently any DVD players on the market that will play PAL discs on an NTSC TV,and is also hackable to be region-free?
I have a $50 Magnavox MDV455 at the moment which does both (via the menu options,and hack respectively) and does the job well ,but I want to buy another one that does the same(not neccessarily same model).
I don't think the MDV455 is still available,do you know if any of the current Magnavox models do this,or any other inexpensive players?

Thanks.

[SingSing]

Most of them do.

[FulciLives]

Philips DVP-5140 (about $55.00 at Wal-Mart)

Philips DVP-5960 (about $80.00 at a variety of retail stores such as Circuit City)

Oppo Digital DV-970HD ($149.00 direct from http://www.oppodigital.com/)

Oppo Digital OPDV971H ($199.00 direct from http://www.oppodigital.com/)

Of all of these the Oppo Digital OPDV971H will give you the best quality when it comes to PAL to NTSC conversion.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
The Philips models above do not support DTS. The Oppo Digital models however both support DTS. Another option if you want DTS is the Pioneer DV-393-S which does PAL to NTSC and can be made region free but you have to buy it pre-modified to be region free. The cost of that unit is $109.00 making it the cheapest of the bunch that does DTS but is region free and does PAL to NTSC. You can get the region free version at 220-Electronics.com