Page 1 of Hacked and Cracked but now I`ve got a Stutter!

Thanks for the crack for my JMB DVD3000 it worked fine.
Only thing is, wen I play Region 1 discs the picture stutters slightly.
I`ve been told that this may be my TV not having a large enough refresh rate?! Is this true or I am being misled.
Any info or opinions appreciated.

Hi Andy,

R1 disks are encoded in NTSC video standard, whereas we use PAL, whats probably happening is that you`re DVD is outputting the NTSC as PAL or PAL50.

In your DVD setup menu, I can`t help here as I don`t know the JMB, is there the ability to change the video out to NTSC, PAL60 or better still `Auto`.

Auto is best because it outputs the correct standard for the disk you are playing.

Then moving on to your TV, obviously your TV has to be able to handle either NTSC or PAL60, if not then you either need an NTSC to PAL converter approx. £60-£70 I think, or a new TV depending upon your budget and justification for spending that sort of money :-)

Luckily I have a 32" WS Hitachi that can handle PAL, PAL50, PAL60, and 3 different standards of NTSC so I managed this bit no problem, but I know not all TVs not even new ones are so comprehensive in their video standards coverage (Hitachi rocks !!! eh Dukey)

I hope this has been of some help.

Cheers

Chris

Andy what model 32" widescreen do you have as my hitachi 523 32" widescrren has a kink at the top of the screen when pal 60 is used most annoying.

Daz,

I have this `kink` too.

Switching to 16:9L fixes it, works as an OK workaround during the film, but can be annoying in the menu`s as you can lose some of the writing at the bottom of the screen.

Cheers

Chris

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HSMan