I'm interested in picking up a couple of these but would like to be sure they would play here on a normal U.S. DVD player. I don't believe the PAL format would work but they don't all say that. Anyone have any first hand experience with any of these on a US player? http://www.thunderonline.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=14 Thanks.http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,923902,923902#msg-923902Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:20:32 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,923902,923968#msg-923968 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,923902,923968#msg-923968
No it won't. Region Codes are different to PAL/NTSC. PAL/NTSC refers to the number of lines that make up the television picture in the UK (PAL) as opposed to the US (NTSC) or France (SECAM)

All hacking the region code will do is allow you to play discs that are coded for a certain region of the world. Unless the TV is compatible with PAL pictures, you still wont be able to view them.

All the Thunder DVDs are all region anyway

What confuses people is that our TVs in the UK are all (well 99.9% anyway) compatible with both PAL and NTSC. Im not sure if it is true the other way round ie. with American TVs. I believe the reasoning behind it is most stuff gets released first in the US so therefore there is more of a need for UK sets to support NTSC.

Kamelot - I have checked my Thunder DVDs and they are all marked PAL unfortunately.

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Anyone have any first hand experience with any of these on a US player?

http://www.thunderonline.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=14

Thanks.]]> Kamelot Dude NoticeboardThu, 20 Dec 2012 07:43:34 +1100