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Juan TS

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Sep 3, 2011
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London, UK
Hello!

I live in Portugal and I own a Samsung LED TV series 8 (UE40B8000WW), and I have a Nintendo Gamecube that I bought in the USA some years ago, which I loved to use! But never played with it anymore like for 5 years! Then I changed tv and here I am, so my question is:

Before I buy a power adapter, will my TV read the NTSC image from the Gamecube? Or my tv is PAL-only ? I can't find it anywhere!

Thanks,
Juan
 
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What exact model do you have?
Anyway, even my 1995 CRT TV set could read NTSC signals, but they were translated via a very good VCR, though with LCD technology, displaying NTSC video shouldn't be a problem.
 
Have you tried watching DVDs from the USA. They're are encode in NTSC.

I think its not likely you'll be able to use it.
 
If you purchased the TV in the USA it is most likely NTSC, which is the standard in the USA.
I know I have hacked dvd players to read PAL dvds.

No, my TV is from Europe! But I don't know if this Samsung LED tv model is able to read both, NTSC and PAL, so thats my question.
 
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