Sloth911

Dont know if this is the correct forum, but here goes.

I have and Apex AD-1500 that can play PAL DVD's.

If play a PAL DVD on the Apex, will my TV put out a picture since it is a regular US TV?

Thanks in advance.

Jason

krisbee

From what I read at nerdout, it will output correctly, as long as you have the switch selected in the back.

--kris

Sloth911

you mean the switch on the dvd player, or the TV?

Steve Phillips

I've never had to flip an switch on my multi standard VCR or my APEX DVD player, and I have an NTSC TV. You just pop the tape or disc in normally and play it. The units auto convert the PAL signal to NTSC.

Maybe it is different with other machines.

mr_jbloggs

How is the quality of the conversion?

Josh Z

On an Apex, not so good. The Apex players have picture geometry problems when converting PAL to NTSC, leaving discs either vertically stretched or squished, depending on whether it is an anamorphic disc or not.

The Malata players (and one JVC model) are the only machines that convert PAL-to- NTSC correctly. There have been numerous threads about Malata in the International Forum.

Steve Phillips

The conversion quality is good, not great. When playing anamorphic PAL discs on my 4X3 TV, the picture is squeezed. However, when I attached my APEX to my 16X9 set, the anamorphic discs play fine. It doesn't look as good as an NTSC disc in a better player; but it does the job for the few titles I have in PAL. I got an ANGEL box set of season 2 in PAL, and it looks better than the WB widescreen broadcasts have until this point. For a multi region NTSC/PAL DVD player I picked up for $129, I'm not complaining.