Provided only black-and-white picture on PAL TV
929977
I took this to the UK in order to play some Region 1 and Region 3 (NTSC) DVDs on my host's (PAL) TV.

It sort-of worked: we could watch the DVDs, but disappointingly the picture was only monochrome.
I tried RCA to SCART video cables from 2 different manufacturers, with identical results,
so I don't think the cable was the problem.
I only had access to the one TV, so I can't be sure it wasn't an issue with the TV.

If you just want this as a region-free player in the US, it seems to work fine.
Don't worry about the power plug - there's a US adapter included in the package.
4210352
Watching this BD on a 110' PJ thru a Epson 9500, the picture is quite nice, but not night and day with the MGM SD. Save your MGM SD as it has featurettes that are not on the BD. Throw away your non-anamorphic Anchor Bay SD.
1278980
I got this TV at another place.  I paid just less than $600 for it.  Yes, it is the exact same model number!

However, the picture is not good.  It has the capability of showing the "specifications" in the menu section.  It shows clearly that I have a resolution of 720 x 240 rather than the 1280 x 720 it should have.  My old TV, about 8 years old, had a great picture.  The same connection is on the new TV, there is no reason for the poor quality.

I could not get the PIP to work either.  Additionally, I had to delete the non used channels one at a time, could not get the "scan" to work either.

I am debating a "swap" or paying more for a more known brand.
11711
I have cable which says they broadcast in HD but can only get 480i as signal designation.  Picture varies from unacceptable to moderately good but is never comparable to what I see on my neighbors plasma TV.  Also find remote control is spastic.  When it refuses to perform I have found that a few rapps on the arm of my chair restores operation for an undetermined amount of time.

Picture quality may be, to some extent, an issue of quality of signal but the remote is a manufacture's problem.
4224175
I wanted a multi region player as I have some PAL region 2 DVD's and also supposedly region free BBC bluray disks of the 2012 Olympics, which disks my old Panasonic bluray player could not handle.  So far the BBC blurays and one region 2 DVD have played successfully on this machine.
I was disturbed by the fact that it had trouble with a commercially produced region 1 DVD with Popeye cartoons.
The sheet inserted in the packaging implies that one must set the region before putting the disk in.  The one region 2 PAL DVD I tried played correctly, apparently at correct speed, upon insertion, without presetting the region.  Perhaps this is what caused the problem subsequently with the region 1 DVD.  This DVD will play now, but I hear a lot of seeking noises from the Sony player.  My old Pioneer DVD player has no problem with this DVD. Other DVDs and region 1 blurays play fine on the Sony.  I have not yet tried a region 2 bluray disk.
It is not clear to me if this player can convert NTSC to PAL.  This ability was not claimed for the player I got.  I don't need this option.  It may be available at a higher price.
This insert also indicates that one should not update the player online, as this may remove the region free property and PAL to NTSC capability.
The player has Wi-Fi and can access a lot of video sources on the internet.
There is only one HDMI output, and no composite video outputs.
There are USB and ethernet connectors, plus a coaxial audio output.  I haven't used these.
It's just hooked up to my TV, so I can't give a review of the audio quality.  It seems OK on my LCD TV, which has speakers.
765187
Option to convert an HDMI signal to A/V signal did not work for me at all. Picture was extremely fuzzy with constantly moving frame which makes this device completely unusable. "S" video output was not so bad, but a quality of picture prevented me from keeping this device. It was returned back to Amazom.com.
730862
Tried this connecting a super nintendo to my new HDTV. The framerate was fine but the picture was completely black and white. I plugged it into a CRT to make sure it wasn't the SNES and sure enough the color worked. I do not recommend this product.
3292169
PAL / European / not compatible with USA systems or televisions with rare exceptions (and you know who you are). The knucklehead European mega sellers who blindly list things for sale on this page don't mention this, and just tell you to "check system compatibility".
3162105
This is NOT PAL. It's region 0, which means it works just about everywhere. Just got mine today (I live in California) and tested it and it plays fine.
1619161
The converter worked well once I figured it out. The NTSC/PAL switches must be switched to NTSC for USA TVs. Both switches must be in the "down" position to be in NTSC. When I first hooked the converter up, got the NTSC switches right, the converter worked great. The next time I used it, I had sound but no picture. Just before I boxed it up to send it back, I discovered a you tube video on this converter. This You Tube video: [...], addressed the problem. You press and hold down the FN key on your keyboard (key on the right side of the left side Control key)and then press the F key on your computer keyboard that is designated the CRT/LCD key. CRT/LCD key was the F2 key on my computer and was the F8 key on the You Tube video. This links your computer to the TV monitor or at least it did in my case with an HP mini notebook and an 8 year old tube TV with RCA connectors. The instructions say nothing about this or what position the NTSC/PAL switches should be in. Instructions are fairly useless if you run into a problem.
3159021
This set is PAL format and all DVD players and TV's in the US are NTSC format which will not accept or play PAL format.
1697928
Received in good condition.
First i played pal version. It didn't read. Then i tried the other version. Thank god it was NTSC
4523884
It only works in black and white. Good thing im a college student and only need to play super smash bros
1801410
Did not work, picture showed as black and white, used included cables and cables I already owned to test.
4016665
I ordered this product to connect multiple game consoles to a TV. The video quality was noticeably degraded by the box; unacceptable, so I have returned the device. I compared the video quality of my game console (Nintendo Wii with composite video output; the yellow RCA connector) direct connect to TV versus connected through the video switch. The was a very noticeable degradation of the video resolution when connected through the video switch.  I also asked several other people to tell me which picture looked better, and they also easily identified the degradation in video quality when connected through this video switch.

Jeff
909717
I bought this for a retro console system (Retro Trio, nes/snes/genesis) to attempt to get a better picture on my hdtv and it somehow made it actually look worse. The Genesis game port only displayed in black and white, and the other two were more muddy than when I simply used the AV cords directly in the tv. I mainly bought the converter to try and capture some retro footage on a capture card that only accepts HDMI, and sadly the results were just as bad as the display on the TV.

Here are two screenshots from the captured video. I'm very unhappy with the results. I don't know if my unit is simply broken or what, but I've also tested it on my PS2 and the picture for that looks worse as well! It's a shame that older hardware is doomed to look like garbage unless you buy super expensive equipment, and this one appeared in my price range, but I will be returning it right away.
2309604
The converter works nicely as advertised. In my case it was not exactly what I needed since it doesn't support the PAL-N standard used in Argentina. However it can be used in PAL-M mode and you get color image, though not sharp. Anyway, It was my fault buying it since I haven't checked this point thoroughly.