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julie_m · 18th May 2017, 8:50 pm

Most DVD players can be made multi-region by entering a code on the remote, so you should be able to persuade yours to play Region 2 discs. It does not even matter about the colour system (NB: "auto" often means "NTSC when playing a Region 1 disc, PAL for any other region") though the higher colour carrier frequency of PAL might be safely beyond what your set can see, meaning less dot crawl.

Or you could (get someone who knows about computers to) use FFMPeg to re-encode them from 625 to 525 lines and burn to a DVD which will be playable on any region player.

18th May 2017, 8:50 pm	#45
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: Marconi 702 advice Most DVD players can be made multi-region by entering a code on the remote, so you should be able to persuade yours to play Region 2 discs. It does not even matter about the colour system (NB: "auto" often means "NTSC when playing a Region 1 disc, PAL for any other region") though the higher colour carrier frequency of PAL might be safely beyond what your set can see, meaning less dot crawl. Or you could (get someone who knows about computers to) use FFMPeg to re-encode them from 625 to 525 lines and burn to a DVD which will be playable on any region player. __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.