Page 1 of NTSC to Pal

I recently bought a chipped Panasonic RV20 DVD player and was told that it had a NTSC to PAL convertor. I plugged it into my JVC television`s scart socket which is PAL. Reg2 disks work fine but Reg1 disks didn`t work. The resulting image was colour but not stable. I am now told that the DVD converts the image from NTSC to PAL50 and not PAL. Any idea`s on how to produce a watchable image? The TV does not have a V-hold.

This item was edited on Friday, 1st December 2000, 13:25

The DVD output is PAL60 surely! and that is why the tv cant play it
If its a 5 yr + old JVC TV it cant handle NTSC or PAL60

All newer TVs should work ok.

The JVC XV515 once coded ( an internal mod and remote hack) outputs region 1 discs in pure PAL50 very nice quality as well. however macrovision is still on so you need a buster also. results superb, much better than using a standard converter

This is the TV which I have:

JVC AV-29SX1EK

Amongst the features it says "NTSC replay"

Could someone confirm it will play Region 1 and Region 2 Discs? I think it will but just incase.

UK PAL is PAL 50

PAL 60 is a paritally converted NTSC signal.

The player is most proberly outputing PAL 60.

You will either need a new tv or an standards convertor. TV will most propberly be the cheaper option.


Standards convertors that cost around £80 are analogue and only convert NTSC to PAL 60. and so will be no use if the TV doesn`t support PAL 60.

For a standards convertor to convert NTSC to PAL 50 you need a digital one and these start at £200 for a budget digital standards convertor.

I believe the RV20 outputs NTSC as either NTSC or PAL60 (you may have a switch or menu option to confirm this) So you will need a digital standards convertor. Not all digital standards can cope with a PAL 60 signal so you would most proberly need to set the player to output NTSC.


Many TVs support PAL 50 and 60 but it sounds like your JVC set doesn`t support PAL 60.