Hi, I have a serious issue. I have a few DVD films which I purchased few months ago from different stores, they all play in my DVD player, but they play only black and white.
When I play on an external DVD writer on computer or laptop, they play in colour!
What is the issue I have? My DVD player is of high brand Sony - Sr170
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Last edited by alih786; 9th May 2019 at 14:14.
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You state you are from the UK. Were these disks bought in the UK ?
Even so, if they are NTSC (should state on the case) they should play on UK tvs. But check the player settings since NTSC playback may not be automatic.
Oh. And is this player UK sourced. Not a model no I can recognise. -
Probably the SCART socket on the DVD player. Try using video out (yellow RCA socket)
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If the problem only happens with NTSC discs I see two possibilities:
1) The player is putting out a PAL60 signal (NTSC timing, PAL chroma subcarrier) and the TV doesn't handle PAL60. This is unlikely as most PAL TVs support PAL60.
2) The player is putting out a pure NTSC signal (NTSC timing, NTSC chroma subcarrier) and the TV is looking for a PAL chroma carrier. -
https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/home-video-dvd-players-recorders/dvp-sr170/specifications "Colour System
PAL / NTSC"SONY 75" Full array 200Hz LED TV, Yamaha A1070 amp, Zidoo UHD3000, BeyonWiz PVR V2 (Enigma2 clone), Chromecast, Windows 11 Professional, QNAP NAS TS851 -
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There, obviously, is nothing wrong with the disks since you already stated that they play fine on a PC player.
NTSC disks could be one cause and it is not unusual to see NTSC disks sold in the UK. Maybe you can advise what these disks are.
But have you used this combination of tv and player before with other disks? Have you changed anything? -
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And just to clarify. Did these particular disks, the ones that are now in B&W, play fine on the LED?. Just to eliminate the disks from the diagnosis.
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Assuming these are commercially produced DVDs, they should be marked with a region number on both the discs and the back of the case. What is it?
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Also, read page 13 of the tv manual about switching AV modes. Could be that simple.
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it was worth a shot.
i remember having to do that with a panny many years ago. -
Last edited by october262; 4th Jul 2019 at 19:01.
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are you using the yellow & white connections that are on the front
of the TV or the connections on the back of the TV ?? -
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@october262: All the answers to your questions have already been provided. alih786 posted a link to download the TV's manual. The cover pic provided with the link says "Hitachi C1426R". alih786 also posted pictures showing that he is using SCART to connect the TV. Also, the Sony DVP-SR170 DVD player has SCART as its one and only connection. Without a SCART to composite adapter, there is no option to use the RCA jacks at the front of the TV for audio and video.
Since alih786 posted a link to download the TV's manual, I looked at the manual. The Hitachi C1426R is a little 14-inch CRT TV with a PAL analog tuner. The TV has a composite video jack in front and a SCART connection in the back. The TV manual never mentions NTSC or PAL-60. I suspect that this TV is more than 10 years old. The TV could lack some of the usual features present in newer LCD TVs or better CRT TVs, such as the ability to use NTSC color.
The Sony DVP-SR170 DVD player's specs say the following: COLOUR SYSTEM PAL / NTSC, but the manual doesn't contain information about a setting to choose one color system or the other for output. The player could automatically output PAL color for PAL DVDs and output NTSC color for NTSC DVDs. If so, jagabo/s theory about the TV receiving an NTSC color carrier that it is unable to use could well be correct. Other than trying a DVD player that is known to output a PAL-60 signal over SCART I can't think of anything else to try.Ignore list: hello_hello, tried, TechLord, Snoopy329 -
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Yes, I think that your Hitachi CRT TV is not a good choice to use with your Sony DVD player. I think a different DVD player that provided PAL-60 output when playing NTSC DVDs would be more likely to work with that particular TV. Most PAL TVs have supported PAL-60 signals since the days of VHS.
Since you do get a black-and-white picture for some DVDs and color for others when using your Sony DVD player with your Hitachi CRT TV, I agree with jagabo's theory that the presence of NTSC's color information in the signal from the Sony DVD player is the most likely is the cause of the problem you are having with your Hitachi TV. Like jagabo wrote, PAL-60 signal is almost the same as an NTSC signal, except that it provides color information using PAL's system.Ignore list: hello_hello, tried, TechLord, Snoopy329 -
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Check the settings of your DVD player, a number of players (available in AU) have a setting to output only PAL regardless of what format the DVD is (so it converts NTSC to PAL, as others have said your DVD player is just on-passing the format of the DVD (NTSC or PAL)
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