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| 1359845 | 2013-11-14 15:02:00 | have a Pioneer DV-220KV. When I switch to "AV", which is the only track that lets me play a Region Free disc (HD2 is the one for North American dvd's), the dvd is not in colour and is grainy. The audio seems fine but the picture is wrong. Can someone help me? Thanks. Rob | rtisi (17196) | ||
| 1359846 | 2013-11-14 17:41:00 | America uses NTSC and not PAL which is a different signal with the color information sent differently. What you describe is what happens when you send NTSC to a PAL only TV, not common these days as most TV's handle either type of format just fine. I don't really follow the AV vs HD2 comment though, sounds more like a TV input selection than a track? It may just be that one of your components can't deal with NTSC. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1359847 | 2013-11-14 22:08:00 | You could rip the DVD and re-burn it as PAL | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1359848 | 2013-11-14 23:53:00 | You could rip the DVD and re-burn it as PAL Most likely won't work as it would need to be recoded from NTSC to PAL before reburning it.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1359849 | 2013-11-15 04:00:00 | Yes, it's (av) a tv input. So, what do I do? I have a Samsung TV (I'm actually in Canada). If I have a North American tv what kind of dvd player should I get to handle PAL dvd's? Or is that my problem (besides not knowing anything about this stuff)? All I know is I have PAL dvd's that won't play on my Canadian tv and I have a dvd player that I have no idea how to operate. I guess the dvd player is NTSC? Thanks for your help. B |
rtisi (17196) | ||
| 1359850 | 2013-11-15 05:48:00 | NTSC has been sarcastically branded as Never The Same Colour (NTSC). Essentially, it is an inferiour standard used by the majority of users. Nothing new. Beta was better than VHS, yet VHS won the war. Our most beloved media (movies) were filmed at the most atrocious frame rates. Don't expect anything approaching sensible when mass media is concerned. Ditch your NTSC gear and media. It belongs in America, not in NZ. Edit: Oops, you're not in NZ. Bugger! I'd simply encode everything to a digital format and make sure all future hardware is compatible with whichever standard you've aligned yourself with. Mixing the PAL / NTSC standards is generally a recipe for tears and disappointment. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1359851 | 2013-11-15 06:14:00 | The specs of your DVD look like it should playback PAL discs on your tv, although it does say a multi-system TV may be required welectronics.com These Philips ones are popular in the US for PAL discs www.amazon.ca |
Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1359852 | 2013-11-15 08:10:00 | Sorry If I didn't make it clear, it's more likely the TV not knowing what to do with the signal than any problem with the DVD player. Perhaps there are after market ntsc - PAL or vice versa adapters available depending which way you need ? |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1359853 | 2013-11-15 16:08:00 | Can you use a Orei XD-M600 MINI HDMI to AV RCA PAL/NTSC Video Converter Adapter? If so, does it have to be NTSC to PAL or do they work interchangeably? Thanks so much. |
rtisi (17196) | ||
| 1359854 | 2013-11-15 16:09:00 | Or if I should just get a PAL player? | rtisi (17196) | ||
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