[vitaminG]

I have an NTSC PS2 and i was going to send it to India with my dad to give away. Will it work on their TV? Does it even matter on newer TVs?

It has a mod chip and most of the games are burned if that matters.

[pingu81]

No. Yes, it matters.

[vitaminG]

^ ok, but if thats the case how come my modded ps2 can play PAL games? And how come my friend could use a japanese ps3 on his tv when they first came out?

[dark0821]

cuz Blu Ray is region free
but with the Jap PS3, you cant play american DVDs

I got a white PS3 too

http://www.sfu.ca/~cjs9/Pictures/room/DSC00024.JPG

[CP.AR]

If it has a modchip - yes it should work, that is, if the modchip supports switching of colour modes (which many do)

[pingu81]

^ ok, but if thats the case how come my modded ps2 can play PAL games? And how come my friend could use a japanese ps3 on his tv when they first came out?

Reading PAL discs and outputting a PAL signal are 2 different things. Japan is NTSC.

[Manic!]

You can get NTSC to PAL converters.

[vitaminG]

If it has a modchip - yes it should work, that is, if the modchip supports switching of colour modes (which many do)

how do i go about switching the colour mode? It doesnt appear under the setting on my ps2. Closest thing i see is the aspect ratio.

i looked up converters and the ones i saw were like $200 so not really worth it for a PS2.

Also i could very well be wrong about this, but from what i read from googling this is that newer tvs can accept either signal NTSC or PAL, does anyone have any idea about this?

[CP.AR]

^ it really depends on which mod chip you have - my old old one for my 1st ps2 (i forgot which one i had sorry) required me to turn the PS3 off completely, and then hold the eject button while pressing the power button to get into the modchip menu

The newer chip I got (Magic something or the other) for my 2nd ps2 did automatic boot settings.

[Presto]

Would using component video eliminate the need for worrying about PAL or NTSC?

[dark0821]

^ no it would not... component cable do not convert signals unfortunately =.=

[Razor Ramon HG]

Even if you get a converter, the picture would come out differently. It's been a while, but IIRC, the picture for PAL content is a little more stretched out or taller?