Philips DVDR3545V/37 Play Pal?

[jb66]

Can anyone who owns a Philips DVDR3545V/37 plays PAL disks? In the specs it says:
Video Disc Playback System: NTSC, PAL

I called their customer support because I cannot play PAL disk in my unit(disks are marked ALL regions). They said it won't play PAL, however in another post a user states his call to customer support told them it will play
PAL.


Thanks................

[jman98]

As crazy as it sounds, the problem may be that it can't play PAL DVDs that are marked all regions. I have an old DVP-642 by Philips and it has that problem with commercial DVDs. I have a commercial DVD (NOT a bootleg, but a legit all regions release from Russia - I know I know, but it really is legit as it's a Russian movie from ruscico.com) that is PAL and all regions and my DVP-642 will not play it at all. It will play PAL DVDs with region codes without any problems and it will play PAL DVDs on DVD+/-R without region codes too. Why it is different for pressed DVDs, I don't know.

I believe that all Philips DVD players are capable of playing PAL and NTSC DVDs and I know of no exceptions. If your disc is a commercial one, try ripping it and burning to DVD+/-RW and see if it plays.

[jb66]

The product manual states is plays DVD's marked Region 1 and ALL. It is a ripped DVD+RW. It plays fine in my other Philips and LG DVD players.

Thanks for the reply and info!