Re: PAL v NTSC

["Andrew Kilgore" <amkilgore@xxxxxxx>]

Malcolm,

I'm no expert on this by any means but I'll give it a shot.
>from
outputting NTSC.
As far as I know, for a TV to handle NTSC it must do 2 main things:

1. Lock to the NTSC frequency (30 frames/second and opposed to PAL's 25
frames/second)
2. Do appropriate color conversion

It sounds as if all your TVs do one but not the other.
(My crappy TV only does the frequency one too).

Some devices will perform internal transcoding (such as my Samsung 709 DVD
player) so that you can select to always have the output in PAL regradless
of whether the source is NTSC or PAL. As far as I know you can readily buy
a
separate box to do the transcoding for you for around 30 quid (CPC, Maplins
etc.)

Hope that helps,
Andy.

P.S. If I've made any mistakes, someone feel free to correct me...


----- Original Message -----
From: "m_surgenor" <zen8432@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 8:04 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] PAL v NTSC


>
> Despite reading many of the FAQs on the net I'm still a bit confused
> about the compatibility of outputs from modded games consoles (XBox
> and PSX) and multi-region DVD players with UK TVs.
>
> From what I've read it appears to me (but I suspect can't be right!)
> that:
>
> a) if you've chipped a UK games console to play non-UK games
> b) or used one of the many multi-region DVD disk solutions to play a
> non region 2 DVD on a UK games console or
> c) try to play a non-region 2 DVD on a multi-region DVD player
>
> the output from all of these is still NTSC and not PAL and therefore
> whilst the player may well play the game or DVD, the output may not
> be viewable (on some TVs)?
>
> I ask as someone who brought some DVDs back from the US, who can play
> them but the output is B&W no matter what player or TV I use.
>
> Can someone put me right on this? Thanks.
>
> Malcolm  :-)
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