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anthonyk
03-15-2010, 06:50 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, 06:51 PM
PAL and NTSC still exist
anthonyk
03-15-2010, 06:55 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, 06:59 PM
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/televisionbasics/qt/ntscpalframes.htm
Apoc
03-15-2010, 07:32 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. :lol:
Trip
03-15-2010, 07:45 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. :lol:

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, 09:21 PM
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, 10:12 PM
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, 10:14 PM
Just go to an electronics store and play there.
anthonyk
03-15-2010, 11:51 PM
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. :lol
Trip
03-16-2010, 08:44 AM
If you DVD player is working on them, you will be fine with your xbox.