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Hi all,
I screwed up BADLY. I bought a TV game for my son for Christmas, HOWEVER, I bought one that is in PAL format (on eBay) not realizing it. So, it arrives, I bring it home, and of course, it won't work. Is there anyway to make this work? I know I'm grasping here, but if there's some way to make it happen, I'll listen  Thanks in advance.
Tom
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Originally Posted by Madison 
Hi all,
I screwed up BADLY. I bought a TV game for my son for Christmas, HOWEVER, I bought one that is in PAL format (on eBay) not realizing it. So, it arrives, I bring it home, and of course, it won't work. Is there anyway to make this work? I know I'm grasping here, but if there's some way to make it happen, I'll listen Thanks in advance.
Tom
Are you sure it won't work? Many PAL TVs also support NTSC.
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What system is it for? Most consoles are region-locked and won't play games from other regions even if your TV could support PAL.
Or is it one of those self-contained units where the game itself just plugs into a TV? If that's the case, as long as your TV is tolerant of slightly out-of-range frequencies, it should work, but show up as a black-and-white picture (the color information is encoded differently in PAL, but the luminance and synchronization are similar, though the refresh rate is chosen to work best on 50Hz power instead of 60Hz.)
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Hi guys,
It's the Star Wars Plug-n-Play lightsaber battle game. It plugs right into your TV through the video/audio in port. It shows up on the screen, but the picture rolls constantly, like the v-hold is out of whack. I've tried it on my Sony 46" projection TV, and my crappy 20" Apex tv, no luck. Man, this sucks.
Tom
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You are TEH SCREWED, but Wal-Mart sells the game for $45.
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try MAcTheRipper DVD ripper software. Its meant for DVDs but give it a shot...then use VisualHub software choose the DVD Tab select NTSC and hopefully that file you burn to a new DVD. Im totally guessing
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Originally Posted by stevesnj
try MAcTheRipper DVD ripper software. Its meant for DVDs but give it a shot...then use VisualHub software choose the DVD Tab select NTSC and hopefully that file you burn to a new DVD. Im totally guessing
It's not any kind of disc.
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Originally Posted by stevesnj
try MAcTheRipper DVD ripper software. Its meant for DVDs but give it a shot...then use VisualHub software choose the DVD Tab select NTSC and hopefully that file you burn to a new DVD. Im totally guessing
Great idea: Put this
into your drive and re-encode it to NTSC. Hello?
nexus5.
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Even my G4 has a lightsaber port....duh.
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lol..I thought it was a software disk...lol
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Originally Posted by stevesnj
lol..I thought it was a software disk...lol
what the hell is a software disk? i don't know of any TV that can read a disk. is it MAC compatible?
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Originally Posted by stevesnj
try MAcTheRipper DVD ripper software. Its meant for DVDs but give it a shot...then use VisualHub software choose the DVD Tab select NTSC and hopefully that file you burn to a new DVD. Im totally guessing
Even if it were on a disc, that wouldn't work anyway.
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Originally Posted by residentEvil
what the hell is a software disk? i don't know of any TV that can read a disk. is it MAC compatible?
Its not "software" and its not "a disc" or anything else like this. Its a piece of hardware which is directly connected to the TV. What Madison needs is a PAL to NTCS converter like this.
nexus5.
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OKAY I MISUNDERSTOOD RELAX...damn you are all f*^Kin bitches lately
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Originally Posted by Nexus5
Its not "software" and its not "a disc" or anything else like this. Its a piece of hardware which is directly connected to the TV. What Madison needs is a PAL to NTCS converter like this.
nexus5.
i know what it is. 
i was being sarcastic. there is no 'don't take this literally' tag.
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