Re: Play problem

Carl Skepper wrote:
> Firstly apologies if this is posted to the wrong newsgroup - I
> checked the content of the other rec.video.dvd but this seems the
> most appropriate.
>
> Last Christmas my wife bought me The 10th Kingdom boxed 3-dvd set.
> The box sticker states NTSC Region Code 2 (I am in the UK btw). It
> was some time - about 3 months or so - before I finally sat down and
> tried to watch it. When I did all I was able to see was a 'Not PAL'
> message in the top rh corner of the screen. The dvd player I use is a
> Toshiba SD2109. Not really knowing much about them I just assumed it
> was the wrong region code and due to the time since it was bought I
> just put it aside to collect dust. My interest was renewed last week
> when a friend mentioned simple dvd-player hacks are possible but
> having now looked into it I'm not sure this is the problem as it is
> the correct region code. I assume the player is fine as I can play
> other region 2 dvd's.
>
> Any idea of what may be wrong?

It sounds like the disc you have is a Japanese release, NTSC region 2, a UK
release would be PAL region 2 with a BBFC certificate. Saying that I don't
know why you can't play it, it may be that your TV doesn't accept a NTSC
input, most TVs sold in the UK do. If you can, try another player or TV.
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Adrian
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