Posted by Edward on 10/10/06 16:07

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On 10/09/2006, Edward posted this:
> > On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:32:59 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> >
> >> On 10/07/2006, Edward posted this:
> >>> I had realitives come over France (I'm in the US) and something
> >>> unexpected happened: They have three home movie DVD-RWs they wanted to
>
> [...]
>
> >> First you need to know that Regions and NTSC vs PAL are two unrelated
> >> things.
>
> [...]
>
> > Yes, thanks; I do understand PAL and NTSC. The reason I was looking for a
> > region free DVD player is because they seem to be advertised as capable of
> > playing PAL DVDs in NTSC countries.
> > As far as I know there are no single region NTSC&PAL players out there.
> > Even if they did exist I don't want one; since I'll be spending money on
> > the thing, I might as well go for the gold and get a fully capable region
> > free dual standard unit.
> > Hopefully that makes sense that was typed very quickly.
>
> Not the first time I told someone something they already knew :-)
>
> However, I couldn't tell that you did know, so it was worth the gamble
> - besides there is always a possibility that someone else might benefit
> from my wisdom, such as it is.
>
> Often, some of the cheaper players found at Target or Walmart can play
> both formats and are - or can be easily hacked to be - region free.
>
> I forget which ones, but you can often track it down on
> www.videohelp.com. Of course, there's a good chance some other news
> freak will post a good link or name soon in this thread.
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
> letters617blochg3251
> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")


Will I need a special TV for use with these region 0 players? What the
PAL/NTSC feature?

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