Posted by dgates on 07/01/07 16:37

On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:30:37 GMT, xeaglecrest@att.net wrote:

>catherine yronwode wrote:
>>
>> Two Costco DVD players are available in the store but neither says whether
>> it supports the PAL format in addition to NTSC.
>>
>> Philips DCP855/37 for $190 (8.5 inch)
>> Panasonic DVD-LS850PK $190 (8.5 inch)
>>
>> Unfortunately neither the Philips DCP855/37 nor the Panasonic DVD-LS850PK
>> has any portable DVD player product reviews on the Internet. How can that
>> be?
>>
>> Does anyone know if the specification for the Philips DCP855/37 or the
>> Panasonic DVD-LS850PK sold at Costco handles both the NTSC and PAL DVD
>> formats?
>>
>> If so, which is the better buy?
>
>If they have a demo model set up, you can take a PAL disc with you and
>see if it plays. Most US models will not state whether they play PAL
>discs or not. I have a Toshiba that says in the manual that it will NOT
>play PAL discs, but it does. I found it by taking a disc to Best Buy
>and trying it in every player they had.

Of course, it may be that the Philips model, like my Philips, requires
the user to enter a 5-digit code on his remote before it becomes
region-free. So he might end up inserting his UK Jonathan Creek DVD
(both PAL and Region 2) and find that it "doesn't work."

There's a site somewhere that lists all sorts of players by their
model numbers and tells you things like what regions and formats they
support, etc.

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