PAL in the USA

[Raven1280]

Ok so i have a nice CRT HDTV and all that good stuff that I play all my games on. I'm just wondering if there is a cheap way to play PAL games in the USA. I dont like moded systems so thats out of the question. I want to know if there is way to play they games on the original consoles (with stepdown power) like they were ment to be. Is it posible to use PAL signals on NTSC lcds, plasmas, or even computer crts

[Flack]

Many modern televisions (of all formats) support both NTTSC and PAL signals. My projector will both autodetect and convert PAL signals on the fly.

[geelw]

also, while you'll probabaly find a PAL/NTSC tv easily, you'll need PAL consoles if you want to play PS, PS2, Game Cube, Xbox, UK/Euro Mega Drive some Sega Saturn games, et cetera. you can use an action replay/gameshark cart for some PAL saturn stuff, a mega key with PAL dip switches for UK/Euro MD games, or a gameshark for DC stuff. i think older model playstations (1001-7001) supported action replay devices that allowed some pal games to run, but in black and white...

[robotriot]

Also, in case you've got older PAL consoles that only have RF out, you probably won't get a signal on your NTSC/PAL TV, because you need a PAL tuner for that, and I don't think there are many TVs with dual standard tuners. Composite/S-Video etc. should work fine though, if your TV supports it.

[icbrkr]

I used a VGA box to hook a PAL A600 up to a VGA monitor but any console with composite out will work:

http://www.particles.org/reviews/vgabox.php

[rbudrick]

Well, I know that when you want to use a standard TV as monitor for a computer you have to buy what is known as a scan converter. I would imagine there's scan converters out there for converting PAL to NTSC and vice versa.

Or, you could get a PAL TV.

-Rob

[ubikuberalles]

My ATI All-in-Wonder card can take PAL signals. If I had any PAL systems I would be playing them on my monitor through that card.

[The_EniGma]

also, while you'll probabaly find a PAL/NTSC tv easily, you'll need PAL consoles if you want to play PS, PS2, Game Cube, Xbox, UK/Euro Mega Drive some Sega Saturn games, et cetera. you can use an action replay/gameshark cart for some PAL saturn stuff, a mega key with PAL dip switches for UK/Euro MD games, or a gameshark for DC stuff. i think older model playstations (1001-7001) supported action replay devices that allowed some pal games to run, but in black and white...

You can also mod your ps2/xbox to do this. With xbox i know XBMC changes modes on the fly when you try and play a PAL game. Also manually it can be done with the enigmah video mode switcher.

As for signals, my five/six year old tv plays NTSC so im sure tvs in that time period will take PAL signals :)

[geelw]

also, while you'll probabaly find a PAL/NTSC tv easily, you'll need PAL consoles if you want to play PS, PS2, Game Cube, Xbox, UK/Euro Mega Drive some Sega Saturn games, et cetera. you can use an action replay/gameshark cart for some PAL saturn stuff, a mega key with PAL dip switches for UK/Euro MD games, or a gameshark for DC stuff. i think older model playstations (1001-7001) supported action replay devices that allowed some pal games to run, but in black and white...

You can also mod your ps2/xbox to do this. With xbox i know XBMC changes modes on the fly when you try and play a PAL game. Also manually it can be done with the enigmah video mode switcher.

As for signals, my five/six year old tv plays NTSC so im sure tvs in that time period will take PAL signals :)

i know this...but if you read the first post, the guy doesn't want to mod his consoles, so his alternatives aren't as broad :D

[anagrama]

As for signals, my five/six year old tv plays NTSC so im sure tvs in that time period will take PAL signals :)

Not necessarily - the majority of PAL TVs from the last 10 years or so can handle an NTSC signal, but I think it's only a lot more recently that US TVs have worked the other way around.