DO I NEED A CONVERTER TO PLAY PAL DVDS TO MY TV?
1042825
We've just moved to the USA from the UK and have a huge UK DVD collection. I needed to find a multi-region DVD player and bought this one. It works great and plays all region DVD's all audio CD's and blue ray's. Very happy with it and would recommend it fully.
1042826
if you are asking about playing PAL DVD's on a North American system TV, no you do not need a converter. I connected the player with a hdmi cable and it automatically played my PAL DVD's
1042827
I don't know. Wish I did. I bought this DVD player just so that I could play PAL DVDs. So far I haven't been able to figure out how to get this player to play my PAL DVDs. There's a white sticker on the front of the box that says, "CODEFREE DVD 012345678 PAL/NTSC." However, there's nothing on the box or in the instructions, that says the player will play PAL. It only says this on the sticker that's been added to the box. Also, the supposedly new player came with a beaten-up Disney DVD already in it. I definitely feel ripped off, Eileen O'Sullivan
1042828
this is region free so no. Some DVDs/Blurays will still not play so I can't play my Lord of the rings box sets but I think this is some security on the DVDs/Bluray. You will need a HDMI cable and a free slot on your TV.
1129205
yes, it can be turned to pal format with a video conversion utility. There are lots of them out there on the net. Type in "convert avi output to pal format" to find results for what you need.
1762224
If it plays PAL, does that mean that the region coding can be overridden? That I can finally buy DVDs from overseas without a hitch? Let me know. Thanks.
265667
The Sony PD170 I bought from the US records in NTSC but I converted it to PAL for the UK and Africa
1958000
Are you sure your HD DVD players do not play PAL? Because my A35 along with my HD DVD based notebook play those discs just fine.
1957999
Toshiba players don't play PAL. So buying hd-dvd's from Europe would be a waste of money. I own 3 Toshiba players, A2, A30 and A35 from which none playes PAL. I email cust srv from Toshiba and they told me that the players don't have a PAL decoder onboard. Bummer!
2163241
I would be surprised if it didn't, since it seems to handle everything else I can think of. It is a fabulous TV!!! I believe the PAL format is only applicable to the player you use to play the DVD/CD/tape etc. If the video signal that is output from your player is HDMI, it will definitely work. Will probably work with whatever signal is output since the manufacturer ships worldwide!!! I also have the 80" Sharp. The 90" is far superior in picture quality!!!
2204215
I do not have anything with the PAL format, so I don't know. Maybe someone else has tried it. Sorry I couldn't help you more.
153701
Did you ever find out if it would play PAL format DVDs? I wonder it as well, i have one and i want to buy something on PAL format but i am afraid that once i buy it the player will not play them. Anyone know?
1908637
This is inaccurate. PAL discs are converted by the player. I have one and tested it soon after it arrived. It works flawlessly on my NTSC-only TV. This player will play literally almost ANYTHING. Format, code, region, you name it.
271561
No it will not. You have to buy video converter from NTSC (American system) to PAL (Europe system). There is pleny good once on Amazon and they are only good for cable tv in Europe, I could not find any which can convert signal over the air to the tv. If you buy europian blu ray player or dvd player, most of those converters will also convert it's signal to your American tv. Dont be sorry to spend extra money for expency one with pleny inputs and outputs. Also you will need transformer from 220AC to 120 AC unless this tv can work on 120 and 220 AC. Some they do, like modt of the Apple's products. This is still chiper option then buy electronic in Europe!
1966043
No it is not a European PAL format dvd/vcr.This will play NTSC format,NOT PAL.If you want a PAL format machine then purchase a PAL format machine.
686626
If you have a PAL video device this will convert the signal to NTSC. This will do nothing for changing region codes on digital media.
2251534
PAL is often a lose reference to 25fps material, and there are blurays with 25fps video, i.e. pal blurays. this will play 25fps HD content (I believe I played a 25fps AVCHD, although I could not see any picture since my tv won't do 50hz. I assume it was working ok as audio was being output and as my tv was saying the video signal was unsupported). however it will not play PAL DVDs, and obviously unless you get a region free it won't play anything that's not 1 or A.
1219026
This Pioneer dvd player will convert to NTSC or to PAL as desired. Instructions in Appendix 6 of manual Additional Information.
1330458
No, I did my research after reading your question, and it looks like Blu-Ray uses a "region coding" system similar to DVD players.But if you're desperate to play PAL DVDs, Amazon's independent sellers have a lot of players that are region free, and you can get them for cheap. I got one for $50, and it's played any DVD I've thrown at it, regardless of region.
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I have an LG BD670 and a Toshiba BDX2250KU and both play region 0 PAL format dvds