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O.P. Will Region 4 DVD display properly on PS2?
Okay I seem to be having a technological blonde moment (rare I know) but I wonder if anyone can advise before I purchase something.

I've seen a DVD boxset that I would love to get my hands on. The problem is that it is from Austraila, and therefore Region 4. Fortunately Austraila and UK are PAL format so I don't see a problem with that.

What I want to know is, if I play these DVD through my PS2 (after the help of cheat disk to change the region for that session) will they display properly? The only reason I ask is that I recently tried a Region Free disk in it and it came up in black and white (which I assume means that its NTSC format?) despite showing in glorious technicolor on other and OLDER dvd players (including a portable PAL dvd player). Just want to see what people thought before I go splashing the not yet aquired cash :p

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RE: Will Region 4 DVD display properly on PS2?
It usually depends how old your TV is. Old TVs won't support NTSC, thats why its shown in black and white. If your TV is new(ish), then it should support NTSC and play in colour.
What region free disc are you using?
05-19-2006 09:19 PM
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RE: Will Region 4 DVD display properly on PS2?
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tried a Region Free disk in it and it came up in black and white (which I assume means that its NTSC format?)
Most likely it was an NTSC video, and your TV couldn't handle the colour, but could show you a black and white picture.
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despite showing in glorious technicolor on other and OLDER dvd players (including a portable PAL dvd player)
Many DVD Players (not the PS2) can decode NTSC, and then convert it to PAL before sending the picture to the TV.

Without region coding getting in the way, it should work. My PS2 can play region free PAL DVDs, and will output a PAL video signal. It can play region free NTSC DVDs, and will output an NTSC video signal.
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O.P. RE: Will Region 4 DVD display properly on PS2?
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It usually depends how old your TV is. Old TVs won't support NTSC/quote]
Yeah but I even tried it on a older TV and one of the first available DVD players in the UK and it showed fine :s

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What region free disc are you using?
It came with an album I bought from Korea contain clips from a forthcoming Concert DVD (which I have a theory it's going to be the same).


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