[ale] OT - DVD player NTSC/PAL Region Free

[Vikram Nanda]

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James Sumners wrote:
> You're going to have a tough time finding anything here in the states
> that will play PAL discs. Especially at so called big box stores.
> Since the USA is NTSC, and most of our hardware originates in NTSC
> countries (Japan, Taiwan, etc.), almost nothing supports it. For
> example, my first DVD player, a Panasonic, had a region unlock code
> that could be entered via the remote control. Even after entering the
> code I could not play my Orbital Altogether DVD -- it is region 2, PAL
> formatted. So, even if you can unlock the player, or the player is
> region free, you will still need a player that is capable of PAL.
> Which you have learned.
>
> You should start looking at specialty shops online. That, or build and
> HTPC. I put together one, without a television tuner, at Newegg a
> couple weeks ago for about $350. I used nothing but parts $50 and
> under, where possible (I started with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 and built
> from there); they even have HTPC cases. I didn't put a tuner in it
> because I want a pcHDTV card. If you don't care about HD, then it
> would be about $400.
>
> I doubt MythTV cares about region codes, and any old PC DVD reader
> will read NTSC and PAL.
>
> On Dec 3, 2007 9:29 AM, Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
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>> Anyone know of a place in the metro area where I can find a DVD player that
>> does NTSC & PAL video and is Region Free (or at least does Zone 1 & 2 DVDs)?
>>
>> Not looking for hi-def.  (For use with a TV not a computer.)
>>
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>> I have a friend going back to France on Wednesday.   She'd like to get a
>> U.S. DVD Player because having lived her many years she has quite a few zone
>> 1 DVDs.   After some research I found that in addition to the regions BS
>> done by the motion picture studios there is also a different video standard
>> in U.S. than most of Europe.  NTSC or PAL.  (More interestingly apparently
>> France has its own standard called Secam but I gather that French TVs will
>> actually do both PAL and Secam and she has a TV made in England anyway.)
>>
>> Shockingly enough none of the big manufacturers specify any of this on their
>> boxes at the stores.   I did find a couple of unknown brands, Coby and
>> Telectronic(I think) at H.H. Gregg that did at least say they did NTSC/PAL.
>> For what she was originally looking for that would do it.  (She knows about
>> the power difference and has converters.)   I figured I'd go the extra step
>> and find one that was Region Free so she can play both her US and European
>> DVDs.
>>
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>> I see these on line but due to the short time I'd like to find a local one I
>> can go and pick up.   Ideally it would be one of the smaller units as she'll
>> need to pack it in her luggage.  The Coby 237 looks like it would fit the
>> bill.   The Coby 224ss is the one I saw at H.H. Gregg but it isn't region
>> free.   There is a Pioneer model for $$$ that looks like it would fit the
>> bill as well though it doesn't look like it is as small as the Coby one.
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