How to make Region free for Panasonic TC-P50G30

[cussons]

All,

I have a problem with my Panasonic, I bought the TV in US and brought it to Indonesia, the problem was started when I installed satellite TV and connected it directly to my TV, the TV couldn't able to display the picture and the audio which transferred from the receiver,do you all have any idea what is happened with the TV?

would be really appreciate for your comment.

[jman98]

"Region free" has no meaning for televisions. You have a PAL/NTSC issue. That has nothing to do with regions. At least half the DVD regions contain both PAL and NTSC countries.

TVs sold in the USA usually do not support PAL video at all. A few HDTVs do, but many do not. Probably your TV only works with NTSC video and you live in a PAL country. TVs sold in the USA and Canada do not support PAL video for several reasons.
1) There is very little interest in watching PAL videos. The few who want to do this usually just buy DVD players that can convert PAL video input into NTSC output.
2) Most manufacturers do not support PAL video in their TVs even though it is possible to do so because they want to support the authorized sellers in PAL video countries. Many PAL countries have VAT, which the USA (I don't know about Canada) does not have, so US prices are cheaper than in countries with VAT. To prevent people from doing what you did, manufacturers deliberately turn off PAL support in the TVs sold in North America so people won't buy them in the US or Canada instead of buying locally.

There is not a good fix for your problem. The easiest solution is to buy a TV in Indonesia. You can also buy a PAL->NTSC conversion box to convert all your PAL video to NTSC so the TV can display it, but those aren't cheap (they're cheaper than a new TV though) and I don't know how well they work. EVERY video device you have will likely have to be routed through such a conversion box unless maybe you have DVD or BluRay players and game systems that can be set to use NTSC output.

It is possible in the USA to buy what are called "multi-standard TVs" that support PAL and NTSC but you have to go to specialty stores to do this. These stores are usually only in New York and they mostly sell such TVs through the internet.

I cannot stress this enough - do NOT buy ANY video equipment in the USA or Canada unless you are 100% certain before the purchase that you will be able to use it in your country.