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  1. I am wanting to buy a Region 2 DVD to view with my Region 1 DVD-rom and standalone DVD players.Though the region code issue is easy enough to get around,I am wondering what effect the PAL format will have on what I see.Though my standalone player is dual NTSC-PAL format (Philips 724),my T.V. is strictly a standard U.S. unit.What should I expect to see given this difference?Also,how does the difference between NTSC and PAL effect what is seen on my P.C. monitor when using my DVD-rom to play DVDs?
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  2. So you are in the US (or someother NTSC region) and have an NTSC TV set. Yor DVD player tho is NTSC & PAL compatible. OK.

    firts off, NTSC/PAL is not an issue when playing a DVD-video on a PC, tho of course region coding maybe.

    As for TV, what I can say is that most DVD players sold in Europe will play NTSC disks and can usually be set to output either true NTSC or a PAL-60 (PAl but with 60 fields, 30 frames per second).

    Your situation is the reverse in that you want to play Pal format disks but output NTSC. I suggest you check your players specs, like european models it may be possible to output NTSC signals but at 50fields per second to match the PAL framerate. 'fraid I am only guessing here tho
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  3. The Philipps 724 can convert the PAL signal into NTSC. It also has a remote region hack that will make it region free. See the menu on the left of this screen under DVD hacks.

    Your player is able to play a region 2 PAL DVD but the image will be slightly stretched because the DVD player cannot convert PAL to NTSC at the same that it converts the 16:9 to 4:3 display format (few players can).

    See this website for more on this:

    www.nerd-out.com

    If you speak French, see this website:

    www.montrealdvd.com
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