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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Since the picture is stored digitally the composite video format is determined by the player rather than the disc.
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Not fully so. The UK SD video is recorded component Y/R-Y/B-Y but follows the format 625line 50fields per second. A UK DVD player with composite output will encode to provide a composite PAL on the output.
When playing on "an old NTSC TV" it depends upon how old. An old NTSC color TV will require the 625 interlaced 50 fields per second converted to 525 interlaced 59.94 fields per second. You could encode the 625 line 50Hz as NTSC color to provide color on an old NTSC color set although it would be unsatisfactory mostly from the loss of convergence due to the different vertical scan rate.
625 interlaced 50 Hertz monochrome video easily can made to play on a 525 60 Hertz TV and I do it all the time.
(I even have a few 405 line UK VHS tapes I play successfully on a 525 line set with only a very minor modification and adjustment. I can describe further if interested).
I bought one of these boxes on Amazon and it works pretty well. If you have a UK DVD player and use this box and attach it to a US/Canada Ch 3/4 modulator, you will get a relatively decent PAL converted to NTSC video on your old NTSC color TV.
https://www.amazon.com/JTLB-Converte...B0CX9718XB/ref