TV experts: info needed

anthonyk · 03-15-2010, 07:50 PM

Hey TV gurus, do PAL and NTSC have any relevance anymore, if I'm hooking up an xbox 360 to an LCD TV using the component inputs? I'd like to take my xbox along on long work trips to India, but I know in the past I couldn't play my NTSC versions of games on their PAL TVs.

My computer plays dvds fine on the hotel TV through an HDMI cable, but my xbox is old enough that it doesn't have an HDMI port. I've got no idea if it would work the same as my computer even if I could use HDMI.

Trip · 03-15-2010, 07:51 PM

PAL and NTSC still exist

anthonyk · 03-15-2010, 07:55 PM

Nice, thanks!

I'd be bringing the games with me along with the xbox, so no worries about regions, right?

Trip · 03-15-2010, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonyk

Nice, thanks!

I'd be bringing the games with me along with the xbox, so no worries about regions, right?

You need to find out more info on the TV you are wanting to use it on

here is some better info

http://www.xbreporter.com/xbox_pal_ntsc.php

Here is some info on digital signals

http://hometheater.about.com/od/tele...cpalframes.htm

Apoc · 03-15-2010, 08:32 PM

PS3 doesnt use region coding, but im not sure about 360.

Anyway, the less you play that xbox, the longer you'll have one that works.

Trip · 03-15-2010, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Apoc

PS3 doesnt use region coding, but im not sure about 360.

Anyway, the less you play that xbox, the longer you'll have one that works.

region coding isn't the issue here since he is using his own game. It's the digital signal from the 360 to the TV. PS3 is in the same position.

Some digital TVs will take both signals though.

Amber Lamps · 03-15-2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

region coding isn't the issue here since he is using his own game. It's the digital signal from the 360 to the TV. PS3 is in the same position.

Some digital TVs will take both signals though.

I thought that the NTSC/Pal situation only covers the tuners and that if you use the RCA jacks or S-VHS jack, you'll be good to go...

Trip · 03-15-2010, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

I thought that the NTSC/Pal situation only covers the tuners and that if you use the RCA jacks or S-VHS jack, you'll be good to go...

It has more to do with the way it communicates than that type of connector. The tv has to support multiple types of signals to do PAL and NTSC. Digital should of erased this problem, but some morons aren't supporting a common signal.

Rangerscott · 03-15-2010, 11:14 PM

Just go to an electronics store and play there.

anthonyk · 03-16-2010, 12:51 AM

Eh, I was hoping there was some universal principal at work here. I'll be damned if I can remember the brand of TV they're using at our usual hotel. I'd be surprised if they were all the same brand anyway.

03-15-2010, 07:50 PM	#1
anthonyk WERA White Plate Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: '01 Aprilia Falco Posts: 1,041	TV experts: info needed Hey TV gurus, do PAL and NTSC have any relevance anymore, if I'm hooking up an xbox 360 to an LCD TV using the component inputs? I'd like to take my xbox along on long work trips to India, but I know in the past I couldn't play my NTSC versions of games on their PAL TVs. My computer plays dvds fine on the hotel TV through an HDMI cable, but my xbox is old enough that it doesn't have an HDMI port. I've got no idea if it would work the same as my computer even if I could use HDMI.

03-15-2010, 08:32 PM	#5
Apoc For Science. You Monster. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Canada Moto: '08 HD FLSTSB Posts: 3,546	PS3 doesnt use region coding, but im not sure about 360. Anyway, the less you play that xbox, the longer you'll have one that works. __________________ Android OS causes gay. Dont let your child use Android (unless she's a hot female). And dont let your babies grow up to be cowboys, either.

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anthonyk WERA White Plate Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: '01 Aprilia Falco Posts: 1,041	Nice, thanks! I'd be bringing the games with me along with the xbox, so no worries about regions, right?

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Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Just go to an electronics store and play there.

03-16-2010, 12:51 AM	#10
anthonyk WERA White Plate Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: '01 Aprilia Falco Posts: 1,041	Eh, I was hoping there was some universal principal at work here. I'll be damned if I can remember the brand of TV they're using at our usual hotel. I'd be surprised if they were all the same brand anyway.