Is there NTSC/PAL for VGA output?

[ectc]

Hi all,

This is my first post here.

I would greatly appreciate if someone could enlighten me on whether it is true that NTSC/PAL is not applicable for VGA output.

I am asking because I have an NTSC plasma display monitor on which I wish to play PAL dvds. A retailer told me that if I send my PAL video input through an external TV tuner box l would be able to display it through the VGA connector to my plasma screen.

I had earlier bought the Pioneer DV393-S dvd player which has a built-in PAL-NTSC converter but found that the picture still suffered from judder.

Thanks for any help.

[guns1inger]

It is true that VGA has no format (PAL/NTSC). I am not surprised that you get judder from converting. The only way to get true NTSC/PAL playback is to get native output. That is NTSC in : NTSC out. PAL in : PAL out.

What you should have bought was a multi-format capable TV.

[ectc]

It is true that VGA has no format (PAL/NTSC). I am not surprised that you get judder from converting. The only way to get true NTSC/PAL playback is to get native output. That is NTSC in : NTSC out. PAL in : PAL out.

What you should have bought was a multi-format capable TV.

Thanks for the quick response. You are right in that I should have bought a multi-system plasma screen but I got it 2nd-hand at a very special price at a time when I would not have been able to afford a new plasma screen.

It also came bundled with an external TV-tuner which was working fine (even for PAL dvds) until just a couple of days ago when the judder problem appeared. I wasn't sure if it was the plasma or the tuner that had gone out-of-whack. Hence I decided to take the safer route by buying the Pioneer 393 instead. Unfortunately that didn't solve the problem so I may have to consider getting another TV tuner box.