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Laserdiscs - PAL and NTSC


Hi guys hope you can help me. Have just moved from London to New York and bring with me a load of PAL and NTSC discs. In London used the Pioneer CLD-925 as it has both PAL and NTSC play and PAL output. Seems that will not work in the US (I have a Sony XBR-600 TV and the 9000ES amp).

So my question is a) is there a high end player here in the US that I can use to play all my discs on my system and b) if I'm out of luck and I need to ditch the PAl discs is the CDL-99 a good bet?

Many thanks in advance,

Cheers, Tim
timjgrant

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rex
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I can't answer your questions; however, I can tell you this:

All the Sony televisions sold in the US are hardwired for NTSC. If you bought your Sony TV in the US, it will not display pictures from a PAL source. You will need to convert PAL to NTSC.

Some DVD players can do internal PAL-NTSC conversion. I don't know about Laserdisc players. There are outboard PAL-NTSC converters on the market.
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