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• Hmm...don't think HD automatically mean PAL capable. - Harmonia 09:51:37 11/25/02 (3)
  In Reply to: PAL prgressive and HDTV help posted by Mark Anderson on November 24, 2002 at 03:26:06:

  Or does it? Mark, what HDTV do you have? Are you in US?

  Your manual should state whether your set can display PAL signals. The only direct views I'm aware of that do this are the Sampo 34", the Loewe and the Monovision/Princeton Graphics TVs. Plasmas do PAL. FPs do PAL. I'm not aware of any RPs that do other than the fixed pixel displays like the Samsung DLPs.

  If your set doesn't display PALi, I don't know that it will do PALp. You could get a Philips 963SA DVD player that, with a hack through the remote, will be all region and do both PALp AND/OR convert to NTSC if needed. The 963 is available in Europe and Asia now, coming out here in January. If your HTPC has a card that is PAL capable/converts that would be a great solution. I'm not going the HTPC route, so I don't know which cards are best for PAL or support PALp. For box solutions, I know the new Sage-Faroudja chip in the Philips 963 does support it, and 720p as well.

  Go to avsforum.com for better answers. Good luck!
  
  

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  • Re: Hmm...don't think HD automatically mean PAL capable. - qwertyadam99 05:48:54 01/15/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Hmm...don't think HD automatically mean PAL capable. posted by Harmonia on November 25, 2002 at 09:51:37:

    https://www2.setssl.com/~hivizone/dvdplayer/963sa/963sa.htm :)))))
    
    

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  • Re: Hmm...don't think HD automatically mean PAL capable. - Mark Anderson 01:24:59 11/26/02 (1)
    In Reply to: Hmm...don't think HD automatically mean PAL capable. posted by Harmonia on November 25, 2002 at 09:51:37:

    Hi Harmonia

    Thanks for the reply. I'm actually back in europe (was in US before).

    The TV definitely doesn't do PAL (it's a 34PW9815 - http://www.p4c.philips.com/mprdata/011022/0110220044_pss.pdf).

    I'm trying to find out about the DVD player you suggested. i have a Pioneer DV-37 and it plays NTSC and PAL DVD's (although it's not advertised - i rented a PAL DVD disk by mistake once), BUT for a PAL disk, you get PAL output NOT NTSC. I sent an e-mail to Philips to find out if the the 963SA does the same, but I don't think I'll get an answer!

    Thanks anyway

    I'll try the avs forum

    Regards

    mark
    
    

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    • Re: Hmm...don't think HD automatically mean PAL capable. - Harmonia 12:29:36 11/27/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Hmm...don't think HD automatically mean PAL capable. posted by Mark Anderson on November 26, 2002 at 01:24:59:

      You probably won't get the answer you want from Philips tech support. The player won't convert out of the box. However, if you found the thread at avsforum in dvd hardware (it's quite long, about 12pages!), the chip in the 963SA can convert, but it's not enabled from the factory. With the remote hack described in the thread, you get the conversion.

      There are players out there that convert, Malata etc. Beware the cheap ones.

      I have the Philips 34PW9818 and like it a lot. Verrrryyyy heavy.

      Good luck.
      
      

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