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Japanese DVD

HansBlix · 2003-06-10 17:28:32

Japan and Europe are both in DVD Region 2, but we use PAL and they use NTSC. Has anyone had success playing a Japanese DVD in Ireland and did you need any special converter? Thanks

10-06-2003 5:28pm

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HansBlix

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Japan and Europe are both in DVD Region 2, but we use PAL and they use NTSC. Has anyone had success playing a Japanese DVD in Ireland and did you need any special converter?
Thanks

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#2 10-06-2003 7:03pm

Makaveli

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All you need is an NTSC compatible dvd player and television.

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#3 10-06-2003 9:11pm

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Thanks. Is it fairly standard for most new TVs and DVD players to support both PAL and NTSC.

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#4 10-06-2003 9:14pm

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yeah afaik, but check anyway before you go buying any

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#5 10-06-2003 9:24pm

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you should have no problems, i got a japanese dvd a while back and it works perfectly. .
no converter, im not sure my tv is ntsc, dvd player is though

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#6 10-06-2003 9:50pm

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Afaik if you're tv wasnt NTSC compatible it would play the dvd in black and white. I don't think the quality would be too good either.

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#7 15-06-2003 12:12pm

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There will be no major difference in Quality. YOu just need to make sure your DVD player & TV can handle NTSC which most can. Some players can convert from NTSC to PAL but there is shuddering effect to take account the frame rate differences.

Gandalf.

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