simple(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Monday, 2nd July 2001, 23:16
Have a Hitachi 32WF810 Tv and Hitachi DVP515 Dvd player (based on the new Samsung 405). I have hacked (usual Sammy hack) to make multi region. Plays R4 and R1 discs fine. Dvd player has a PAL indicator on front display, but when playing Toy Story 1 or 2, the only region 1 discs I have so far, this is still lit - even though these discs are NTSC. Although the Tv manual states when receiving NTSC signal, HUE/TINT can be adjusted, this isn`t possible. Can anyone explain what`s happening? Thanks
RE: PAL or NTSC
Mike G(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 3rd July 2001, 09:26
Don`t worry about it. Your player is outputting the discs as PAL-60, i.e. NTSC-like video (525 lines, 60Hz) with PAL colour. This is actually technically superior to so-called "pure" NTSC, which you would only need if you were watching the discs on an American (NTSC only) TV set.
In fact if you`re using a RGB connection, as you should be if you want to get the best quality, there is no difference between PAL-60 and NTSC settings as the composite encoder is bypassed.
Just make sure the Quasi-PAL option in the Display menu is set to ON, and leave it at that.
