PAL-NTSC

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  1. Shotokan

    Shotokan Member

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    This is probably something that has been covered in the past, so please forgive me. Am I correct in assuming that a DVD recorded in the UK (PAL) will play on a US TV with no problems. The DVD would be from a Panasonic EM20. Thanx_X_X_X_X_X_[small]http://www.legendtv.co.uk[/small]
     
  2. yemaya38

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    No.... it can't be played on US DVD machines.

    It CAN be played in computers.
     
  3. jnihil

    jnihil Moderator Staff Member

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    Some DVD players (in particular the units which ship as multi-region) have a PAL<->NTSC converter built-in, but many don't. So it would be safer to assume that it won't play in the US.
     
  4. OhSoS

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    they don't really call it "pal" or "ntsc" with DVDs; they're regions.

    North America uses Region 1 and Europe uses Region 2.
    i think there's a total of 7 regions.
    you have to have a DVD that is specifically "multi-region", and even most DVD-ROMs are not multi-region.
    however, for DVD-ROMs there is sometimes a firmware update, or software that can get around this, but use at your own discretion.
     
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    jnihil Moderator Staff Member

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    What do you mean?

    Yes, region coding and the video encoding (ntsc/pal) are separate things but both affect the playback of DVDs depending on your player capability.

    Rgds,
    jnihil.
     

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