Do I need a PAL/SECAM capitable TV to watch an region 2 disc on a multiregional DVD player? Or is having a multiregional DVD player enough? What I mean is, does a multiregional player convert a PAL movie to display on a NTSC TV automatically, no tricks?

Est-ce qu'il me faut une TV de PAL/SECAM pour regarder un disc à région 2 avec un lecteur de DVD multirégional? Où c'est assez d'avoir le lecture? Ce que je veux dire c'est, est-ce que le lecture fait la conversion du film à PAL pour montre aux TVs de NTSC automatiquement, pas de trucs?

thanks,
merci vielmaltz,

...erm... assuming you live in the USA or Canada, which is NTSC country, if you have a multi-region DVD player, theoretically you can play any DVD from another NTSC country: Region 2/Japan is NTSC; the Hong Kong DVDs in my collection are either Region 3 or Region 0 (zero), but they are all NTSC.

Region 2/Europe, however, is PAL (as is Region 4/Australia) - unless your player (e.g. the APEX) can convert a PAL signal so it will play on an NTSC display, you're out of luck - except if you own a multi-standard TV - which is common in Europe but, as I understand it, as rare as hen's teeth in North America...

http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/multime...region_map.jpg

http://www.high-techproductions.com/pal,ntsc.htm

You can forget about SECAM - that's the television system used in France and some other countries, but all French LaserDiscs and DVDs are PAL.

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[Edited by Hendrik on 02-24-01 at 07:03 PM]

I use a Sony VEga TV and its auto select on what system your player plays, so I got even Secam , that i dont think i will ever need!Get a good Tv and the player also, something like Pioneer.Anyway most dvd's re in PAL and NTSC