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Posted by Jukka Aho on 04/10/06 19:13
kothtvideo wrote:
> Another PAL_NTSC question.
> I'm in Ontario, Canada. I only have region 1 dvds. I want to buy
> the complete "Morse" (and maybe Monty Python) dvd sets. These are
> best bought as Region 2.
> So I want to test my players (lg lda-531) ability to convert
> region 2 to NTSC, for my tv.
PAL/NTSC and regions are two separate things. There are both Region 2
NTSC discs (Japan belongs to Region 2) and Region 2 PAL discs.
What you need is, first and foremost, a region-free player: either one
that was already made region-free at the factory, or one that can be
made region-free by entering codes on the remote, or one where the
region can be freely changed (by entering codes on the remote) as many
times as you wish, without restrictions.
Whether the player can convert PAL formatted discs to NTSC on the fly is
another matter, independent of regions, that needs to be addressed
separately.
> I can also try a cheapo diamondvision we have. If anyone over the
> pond could make me up a 'test' dvd I be happy to trade or reimburse.
You can quite easily burn a PAL-formatted Video DVD in just about any
DVD authoring application. That will help you if you want to test
whether your player allows playing back PAL-formatted Video DVDs in the
original 625/50 signal format (one thing), or whether it converts (or
has an option to convert) them to NTSC refresh rates and raster on the
fly (another thing).
What it doesn't help you with, though, is testing whether you player can
play back Region 2 discs - which is yet another thing. Common consumer
DVD-R media doesn't allow region coding, so regions can only be easily
tested with a factory-pressed disc.
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znark
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