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Musashi · 08-13-2007, 06:56 PM

I've read a few FAQs on circumventing Universal's distribution of certain films via importing from Europe or Japan. Before I get any of them, my first ? was if EU BDs work on a US HDTV. Are we past the NTSC/PAL split with the onset of hi-def?

Also: I was a fan of 3 Ninjas and have seen a slightly different cut of the film on HBO before. I've also read on IMDB that the cut shown in Sweden was a good 14 minutes longer than my US DVD version. So what I'm wondering is if would be practical for me to get a copy from Germany or Scandanavia to have the longer versionm knowing that a PAL movie probly won't work on my US HDTV.

Could I make it work by say, putting it on my PC, converting to AVI, and reburning to DVD with a US-NTSC encoding?

08-13-2007, 06:56 PM	#1
Musashi Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Manchester, CT Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:337 Blu-ray reviews: 1	DVD/BD importing I've read a few FAQs on circumventing Universal's distribution of certain films via importing from Europe or Japan. Before I get any of them, my first ? was if EU BDs work on a US HDTV. Are we past the NTSC/PAL split with the onset of hi-def? Also: I was a fan of 3 Ninjas and have seen a slightly different cut of the film on HBO before. I've also read on IMDB that the cut shown in Sweden was a good 14 minutes longer than my US DVD version. So what I'm wondering is if would be practical for me to get a copy from Germany or Scandanavia to have the longer versionm knowing that a PAL movie probly won't work on my US HDTV. Could I make it work by say, putting it on my PC, converting to AVI, and reburning to DVD with a US-NTSC encoding?