I have a US bought Samsung LCD HDTV that only takes in NTSC signals. I also bought from US the Denon AVR 1610 receiver wrongly believing that it would convert PAL to NTSC signals. Recently I hooked the Tata Sky STB (Set Top Box) to my receiver to my TV but I am getting a picture without color (clearly a case of the PAL signal not being converted to NTSC).
I see the following 4 options now:
1. Get a STB which outputs HDMI: As far as I understand this really isnt an option since there are no STBs (from Tata Sky or AirTel or anyone else) that output in HDMI. Is that correct?
2. Buy a receiver that does the needed conversion: Denon's next model AVR 1900 does the trick but selling my current receiver might not fetch much and buying a new one here in India will be expensive too. So this too is not an option.
3. Buy a PAL-to-NTSC convertor.
4. Buy a new TV - trying to avoid this if I can.
So, what PAL-to-NTSC convertor should I buy? Are there any well known brands? I heard from someone that these convertors typically dont work well (i.e. poor video quality with pictures shaking etc.). Is that true? Is anyone using a convertor that is working well and if so, where did you buy it from?
Thanks for help!
Prakash (from Bangalore)
I see the following 4 options now:
1. Get a STB which outputs HDMI: As far as I understand this really isnt an option since there are no STBs (from Tata Sky or AirTel or anyone else) that output in HDMI. Is that correct?
2. Buy a receiver that does the needed conversion: Denon's next model AVR 1900 does the trick but selling my current receiver might not fetch much and buying a new one here in India will be expensive too. So this too is not an option.
3. Buy a PAL-to-NTSC convertor.
4. Buy a new TV - trying to avoid this if I can.
So, what PAL-to-NTSC convertor should I buy? Are there any well known brands? I heard from someone that these convertors typically dont work well (i.e. poor video quality with pictures shaking etc.). Is that true? Is anyone using a convertor that is working well and if so, where did you buy it from?
Thanks for help!
Prakash (from Bangalore)