i am trying to get an old movie for my dad for xmas (rose marie 1936) the only place i can find it is a site in brazil, they say it region 0 but can only play on ntsc players. i have a multi region player so will it play on that?
2006-10-25 06:32:02 · 9 answers · asked by tjmc2gc 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
NTSC is the analog television system in use in Canada, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and some other countries, mostly in the Americas (see map). It is named for the National Television System(s) Committee, the U.S. standardization body that adopted it.
see the map:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NTSC-PAL-SECAM.png
2006-10-25 06:34:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If it's in black & white then you probably don't even need an NTSC compatible TV, as the usual complaint is that the picture is in black & white rather than colour when one tries to play an NTSC format video or DVD on a PAL-only TV. Most TV's made in the last five years are NTSC and PAL compatible anyway, it should say so in the instruction manual, and I've never heard of a DVD player that couldn't play NTSC but it's worth checking yours before you buy.
Make sure you're using a good quality fully connected SCART cable and it should be fine.
2006-10-25 06:44:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"NTSC is the analog television system in use in Canada, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and some other countries, mostly in the Americas. It is named for the National Television System(s) Committee, the U.S. standardization body that adopted it." Other countries like Australia, Europe, some parts of North America, Africa usually use what they call PAL or SECAM. Either way if you have a multi region player then you will have no problems playing the movie.
2006-10-25 06:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by hotsweetcoffee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ntsc uses a different MHtz system than the standard for the United States. 50 verses 60 cycles. The ntsc may not play on US VCR's I know the tapes in Germany wouldn't play on a U.S. VCR and they are ntsc
2006-10-25 06:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by The Druid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes will play. The NTSC system uses 29.97 interlaced frames of video per second. Each frame contains 525 lines and can contain 16 million different colors. The NTSC system interlaces its scanlines, drawing odd-numbered scanlines in odd-numbered fields and even-numbered scan lines in even-numbered fields. This yields a nearly flicker free image at approximately 59.94 Hz per second refresh frequency.
Previously the refresh frequency was exactly 60 hz in B/W television because the frequency of AC power was 60Hz in the US. Then the refresh frequency was brought down to 59.94 Hz to eliminate stationary dot patterns in the color carrier. NTSC system has evolved from NTSC I to NTSC II to NTSCIII. NTSCI has 525/60Hz system, NTSCII has 525/59.94 Hz system and NTSC III is rigidly math defined.
2006-10-25 06:33:15 · answer #5 · answered by lookmeup22 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NTSC is basically the format used in the US. In Europe and Japan we use PAL, and France use SECAM. If your TV is a latest model it should support all formats no problem.
2006-10-25 06:40:20 · answer #6 · answered by pussycatboi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short for National Television System Committee.
Yes it will work
2006-10-25 06:34:55 · answer #7 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are in the US: yes (NTSC country)
Europe: maybe (depending how good your DVD player is); but you can convert it on a computer.
2006-10-25 06:34:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your TV needs to be NTSC compatible,its the american standard system,if your in the uk you need to check that your tv is NTSC compatible,your dvd player should be ok.
2006-10-25 06:34:29 · answer #9 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋