Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 10/10/06 17:19

On 10/10/2006, Edward posted this:
> 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?

My cheap players (Target - I promise not to get you started on W****rt
:-) all can be set to convert or not to convert. I.e., they can be made
to output video in the DVD's native format, or always PAL, or always
NTSC.

Of course, if you set to output in PAL and your TV only plays NTSC,
it's hard to get it back - you can't easily see what's happ'nin'. Guess
how I know this :-)

In my experience, dvdhelp.com can be of a bit of help in answering your
questions about various models.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
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(replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")

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