DVD Region Playbacks

[dazuk1972]

I bought a new Bush DVD player yesterday that says it plays NTSC as well as PAL. I checked the settings and it was pre-set on PAL and I changed it to Multi-Region. Every time I put an NTSC DVD in it always refused to play them with a message saying Incorrect Region. It happened again when I chose NTSC. PAL works fine. Region 0 plays with a green picture even though the TV is NTSC compatable.

I've known another DVD player to have different Region settings that fails to play the NTSC DVDs and my Sony DVD recorder is the same. Why do these machines have the settings when they don't work or are they there encase anyone decides to get the machines chipped? This is what I'm wondering, I'm wondering the machines are not chipped and the NTSC and Mutli-Region options are there ready for the chip.

Many thanks.

Darren.

[locoeng]

Don't confuse the NTSC/PAL frame rate with the world region codes...they are two different things.

I almost hate to ask, but where did the discs come from and why do you have ones with different frame rates and region codes?

[dazuk1972]

Don't confuse the NTSC/PAL frame rate with the world region codes...they are two different things.

I almost hate to ask, but where did the discs come from and why do you have ones with different frame rates and region codes?

I mostly buy DVDs under my own regoin, I only buy NTSC if I can't get a title under my region. There's a number of old titles that are not available on Region 2 but they are on Region 1. Some are released in the full frame under Region 2 and wide screen under Region 1. Years ago, Halloween 2, Halloween 3 and Amiltyville 3 were released under the full frame under Region 2 and I got them under Region 1. It worked visa-versa with Piranha (1978) but the Region 1 version has more bonus materials. The Region 2 version only has the trailer.

Darren.