Re: PAL v NTSC

["Jon Payne" <jgpayne@xxxxxxx>]

Also, you can get around the colour conversion problem by using an SCART
RGB
connection from your DVD player to TV. This is also better quality than
composite and S-Video.

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Kilgore" <amkilgore@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] PAL v NTSC


> Malcolm,
>
> I'm no expert on this by any means but I'll give it a shot.
> >From the descrtiption of your output (B&W) it certainly sounds
like your
> 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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