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PAL/NTSC question

  • 11-05-2006 6:08pm
    #1
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭


    I bought 2 xbox 360 games off a shop on ebay
    The advertisment stated

    This game is 'W' coded which means it can be played on any region console.
    GUARANTEE: WE GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS GAME IS REGION FREE ( W CODE ). IT CAN BE PLAYED ON ANY XBOX 360 REGION CONSOLE OR ELSE YOUR MONEY BACK!

    When the game was delivered last week, there is a label on the outside stating "NTSC J"
    I presume J stands for Japan so the seller is in Asia
    I know in Europe we use Pal, and America and Asia use NTSC.

    Can an NTSC game work on a PAL tv?
    I haven't opened the games yet as they're still sealed and I may have to return them
    Emailed the seller 4 times but no reply

    Thanks for your help


Comments

  • #2
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    What games are they? Some 360 games are region free.

    If your TV is fairly new it should have no problems supporting NTSC.


  • #3
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    GRAW and Predator:Far Cry

    One of the lads in work was saying that new Tv's were compatible with NTSC adn Pal. Just looking for second opinions before I open the games.


  • #4
    danbhala
    Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭danbhala


    if you set your 360 to output at 60 htz it should be fine.

    i have an ntsc version of doa4 and it works fine


  • #5
    kensutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,200 ✭✭✭kensutz


    Both are region free so you should no problems with them


  • #6
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Just tried them and they do work.

    I was very suprised as I always thought NTSC and PAL were incompatible.


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  • #7
    evad_lhorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,894 ✭✭✭evad_lhorg


    no thats just the signal. its just region encoding that stops em working. most tvs nowadays can handle ntsc as well


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