Even if you already have another "main" DVD player, if you plan to regularly watch PAL DVDs, you're better off saving yourself the trouble and buying a region-free player that will format convert.

Anyone knows a good PAL to NTSC converter box ?<BR>I'm going to bring my Sony XBR400 back to my country from USA and unfortunately the TV signal there is PAL.<P>I would prefer a dedicated unit rather ...

This circuit is able to identify PAL and NTSC video signals. Its output is high for an NTSC signal and low if the signal is PAL. This output signal can be used, for example, to automatically switch in ...

The CS4954/55 is a digital video encoder featuring multi-standard support for NTSC-M, NTSC-JAPAN and PAL. It offers multi-standard teletext and wide-screen signaling support, as well as an on-chip ...

A DVD formatted for the NTSC market. Prior to digital television, NTSC and PAL were the two major analog TV formats, each with different frame rates and lines of resolution. When DVDs were introduced ...