Ok, I know a lot of you are from Europe and have DVD players so you must know about the region codes and all. I just ordered a boxset of DVDs from France and since they are region 2, I can't obviously play them on the DVD reader of the PS2. However there's a CD called DVD Region X which is supposed to break the code and allowed any PS2 to read any DVD no matter what is the region. My question is, on NCSX website, they stated it can't read PAL DVD, however, on every other website, it's clearly written you can both view PAL AND NTSC DVDs so do any of you have tried to read a region 2 PAL dvd with a US PS2 and does it works with DVD Region X?
Question about PS2 DVD
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Daisuke Jigen
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You can play it, but unless your TV can display in 50 hz mode, it will be unwatchable. Black and white too I think. I always get the two mixed up. <IMG SRC="smilies/makeface.gif" border="0">
I honestly don't understand why you wouldn't be able to play a PAL DVD using a PS2 on a US television. Then why can European users view US DVDs? Because of the NTSC compatible TV set?
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[ January 01, 2002: Message edited by: NickD ]
To prevent release of DVDs or tapes in European countries before or when the movie is actually in theater over there. For example, when an american movie is release on DVD, most of the time, it's not even in theater in Europe or it's going to be shown soon. So if you were living in Europe, you could actually have a movie before it's coming out in your country (much like games in Japan and US) BUT with PAL and NTSC coding, you can't view a tape when it's not specifically designed for your region, therefore, if you want to see the movie you have 2 choices:
- Go to a theater
- Go to the US and buy the DVD
Guess which one is cheaper <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">
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The problem lies within the refresh rates of PAL vs. NTSC. For NTSC the TV redraws the picture 60 times a second. for PAL, it does it 50. When you try and view a PAL image on a NTSC TV, you get a black and white signal. When you do the oppisite, you get a image that has borders. Of course, if you use the region X and a scart cable for RGB, you should have no problem. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
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Don't know about DVDs, but none of my PAL vhs tapes I bought when I lived in england work here. If I try to play them in my VCR, the picture is black and white, scrambled and the sound is super fast, like alvin and the chipmunks.
To play a PAL DVD, your DVD player would need to support PAL output, and even then you'd need a TV that could display PAL, because I'm usre the picture would be scrambled like my PAL vhs tapes are.
Since I know to play these, I need a multi system VCR and TV, which we had in england, but not here.
Videogames are different than tapes and dvds, most games will work in either just fine, all you need is a converter.
[ January 02, 2002: Message edited by: Drift King EX ]
I knew about the VCRs but I didn't knew about the TV. Unfortunately, I don't think you can find a multi standard 32" TV cheap here in North America and since I only have 1 PAL movie so buying a new TV is a bit expensive don't you think <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">. Anyway, I think I'll have to go with the converter.
Thanks for all your answers!