it says zone1,2, 3,.....NTSC. I wonder if it will play PAL DVD
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The manual that came in the box specifically says it won't play PAL, but my Region 2 DVDs are PAL, and they play beautifully.
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I bought it as a gift, they said it worked great and they loved it. Sorry I'm not any help.
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No, this unit is not a region free unit and it will only play region 1 DVDs.
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Does anyone know whether it will convert PAL/NTSC DVD when using TV out and connecting to NTSC/PAL TV? The manual says, that the DVD has to match the TVs system, which would mean it won't convert.I need a player I can take oversees and hook up to a TV over there. It also would be nice to be able to do the same with PAL discs over here. So far from high end players I found only Pana LS91/97 which are close to that, but it requires service remote to unlock regions and is stil missing PAL->NTSC conversion.
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CHECK OUT THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION!"NTSC & PAL Playback (PAL playback requires a TV that also supports the PAL format)"ie, NO. Unlike other Philips DVD players you need a PAL TV to view PAL with this player.
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Yes can convert ntsc to pal or pal to ntsc, but the bad feature that it works at 1 frame per second, not worth money, useless, waste of money
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It is not Blue-Ray compatible, but does play Regions 1 and 2, which includes PAL format.
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The 400, unlike the 410, is multi region but there is a warning about PAL discs indicating they probably won't play except on a multi region tv.
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I believe that PAL and NTSC are not compatible and would require a converter.
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I know it supports NTSC but I'm not sure if it would support PAL. If you live in Europe, China, Africa, or the Middle East I would recommend a TV you know supports PAL. If you are in the states, Japan, Korea, or South America this TV will probably work fine.Here's a list of countries that support NTSC which is what this TV can definitely support: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC
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I have a Philips 3960/37 and love it, because you can burn almost any video format to DVD and IT WILL PLAY IT! I have always over many years bought Philips DVD players because they ( the 3 i bought over the years starting in 2001 ) have always played almost any format DVD you put into it pirate or not. and every one i have bought you can easily Google and find the simple remote buttons to push to unlock the USA only region coding almost all DVD players have have. Yes they will play a PAL DVD's and it will work on a USA TV no problem. I have always bought Philips DVD plays because they are the best. Hope that helps you!
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It is marked as a Region 4 player, but set up to work for "all" regions -- "0" through 6 are advertised, 7 & 8 are "special use" codes and may not be supported. The "all region" setting was likely done by someone other than SONY. Mine works well with Region 1 and Region 2 discs, and I've also tried it with "Region 0" PAL DVD's.
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Mine will play most dvd's. I've noticed that it will not play foreign made dvd's regardless of whether they are region 1 or region 0.
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NTSC and PAL is to do with the TV not the player as far as know. Since attached to computer the computer just plays movie and then displays on computer screen.
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Hi. I don't know what PAL is? The DVD/VCR Combo that I purchased does play both DVD and VCR formats. However, the unit will not allow me to advance on the DVD format. Very disappointing.
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I haven't actually tried it on a non region 1 DVD player, but when I look at the package, on the back there is the symbol of a globe with "ALL" in it, instead of a globe with just a "1" in it, which seems to indicate that it should work in all regions.
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the media format says NTSC and PAL so I assume yes but the manual says that the region code is printed on the bottom of the DVD player and will only play discs from that region. It says Region 1. -__-
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I don't know but this device doesnot work well for long for NTSCto PAL and PAL to NTSC. It flickers a lot. And it started in my case after few months and after warranty, you cannot do anything.