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I live in the Uk, and i gave a girl in the usa my very good pioneer dv545 dvd player.!?
When she hooked it up , it did switch on , but the picture was just rolling , i tried all the settings i could on the player , ntsc pal svideo av , ect.... but it didnt help.. the picture flickers and rolls... we went to radio shack and he suggested a booster fot the hertz on the tv , which we tried , but it was just the same ...i also hooked up my portable dvd player , and it did the same ...does anyone have any ideas as i would hate to have to throw away my favorite player !
I have checked the connections are all ok and tight too .
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If your player has settings for BOTH NTSC AND PAL, then it SHOULD be compatible with the American televisions. However, as you know you cannot use American TV sets in England, and British TV sets in America, because they use different line scans on the screen. It sounds like there is some incompatibility between the DVD player and the American TV set. Do you still have the pamphlet with the operating instructions? It may have a setting that you haven't tried to change yet. If not, can you find the telephone number for Pioneer for the US, and see if they have some technical support guy who can suggest something else to do.
You also said you tried your portable DVD player on the TV set, and it didn't work. Find the operating manual for that DVD player also if you can. Do they have any mention that it is compatible with American TV's ?
Good luck.
If your player has settings for BOTH NTSC AND PAL, then it SHOULD be compatible with the American televisions. However, as you know you cannot use American TV sets in England, and British TV sets in America, because they use different line scans on the screen. It sounds like there is some incompatibility between the DVD player and the American TV set. Do you still have the pamphlet with the operating instructions? It may have a setting that you haven't tried to change yet. If not, can you find the telephone number for Pioneer for the US, and see if they have some technical support guy who can suggest something else to do.
You also said you tried your portable DVD player on the TV set, and it didn't work. Find the operating manual for that DVD player also if you can. Do they have any mention that it is compatible with American TV's ?
Good luck.
Are UK movies compatible with American DVD/VCR players?
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So recently I was obsessed with actor Jim Sturgess, and I made a promise to myself that I would watch every single one of his movies [Which I did, by the way]. So far I had only seen 21 and Across the Universe, both american made and directed, and both of which I had on DVD. So I went on a 'watch free movies online' site and watched the UK made and directed film, 'Heartless'. I really really wanted to buy the movie, and I saw that somebody was selling it on eBay. But the listing said something about it being a 'Region 2 PAL' movie, and that it wouldn't be compatible with some DVD players.So my questions are, what is the deal with 'Region 2 PAL' movies, will it play on my standard DVD/VCR player [I think it's Sony], and if not, what can I do to make it compatible? Please help!
Thanks!
~Mari
If you can't tell by the title, yes, I live in America, and we bought a DVD player that would be found in many American households.
So recently I was obsessed with actor Jim Sturgess, and I made a promise to myself that I would watch every single one of his movies [Which I did, by the way]. So far I had only seen 21 and Across the Universe, both american made and directed, and both of which I had on DVD. So I went on a 'watch free movies online' site and watched the UK made and directed film, 'Heartless'. I really really wanted to buy the movie, and I saw that somebody was selling it on eBay. But the listing said something about it being a 'Region 2 PAL' movie, and that it wouldn't be compatible with some DVD players.So my questions are, what is the deal with 'Region 2 PAL' movies, will it play on my standard DVD/VCR player [I think it's Sony], and if not, what can I do to make it compatible? Please help!
Thanks!
~Mari
If you can't tell by the title, yes, I live in America, and we bought a DVD player that would be found in many American households.
Answer
While Region Codes can be hacked and overridden, the PAL TV system used in the UK is entirely incompatible with the NSTC TV system used in America. If you're in the US, then your TV and your DVD player are NTSC.
Your only hope to view PAL DVDs is to make copies using the proper software on your computer. What it does is decode the PAL video to its basic RGB upon ripping, and then re-encodes it to NTSC when burning the copy to a new disc. You'll probably also need additional software to avoid copy protection schemes on the DVD.
They don't make it easy, for sure.
While Region Codes can be hacked and overridden, the PAL TV system used in the UK is entirely incompatible with the NSTC TV system used in America. If you're in the US, then your TV and your DVD player are NTSC.
Your only hope to view PAL DVDs is to make copies using the proper software on your computer. What it does is decode the PAL video to its basic RGB upon ripping, and then re-encodes it to NTSC when burning the copy to a new disc. You'll probably also need additional software to avoid copy protection schemes on the DVD.
They don't make it easy, for sure.
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