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April 1, 2008 06:00 AM

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sean_malice

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I got an NTSC Slingbox AV from the United States. No problem with NTSC.

In PAL However, i got the following picture.

It looks like a deinterlacing problem to me but i may be wrong. In 640x240 or 320x240, this doesn't appear.

Is this normal for a US Slingbox to get that kind of results with PAL ? Is this documented ? Do i have a defective unit ?

Is there a way around ?

Would a PAL Slingbox give me such results ?

Last, would a PAL Slingbox work flawlessly with both PAL and NTSC sources (i mean, would there be the same kind of problem in NTSC ?)

Thanks 

PAL picture on US Slinbbox

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Viper Avatar
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May 1, 2008 12:39 PM

NTSC and PAL television systems are quite the opposite, if you have a NTSC Slingbox and you're trying to make it work on a PAL country, I'm surprise you get any picture at all. Ypur Slingbox is not defective is just that the TV color system are different, if you get a PAL Slingbox, your problem will be fix fr sure, but the problem will start when you try the unit on a NTSC country, there's no way to override this becasue is the TV system of the country and the way the SLingbox is designed for each continent.

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Alan Richey Avatar
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May 2, 2008 1:42 AM

Surely the NTSC/PAL aspect is not relevant here, as this is using an AV input, not a TV input. These composites are normally RGB and will work on either a US or UK box. I am in the UK and happily running a US box, admittedly a Classic not an AV, driving the AV Composite input from a UK PVR, and the picture is perfect.

I would suggest the output from whatever AV device you are using needs to be looked at. Is it configurable ? If so, then make sure it is selected to RGB.

Al

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