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My wife bought me a DVD player at Xmas, but in our small flat we only have an old portable TV with no scart socket.

At the moment I just use it to play CDs, but having read through some posts here I was wondering if the following would work:

Connect DVD to Goodmans Video (which has a scart socket) using the Mac Master 2001 mentioned on another thread, and then connect video to TV as normal.

Also, if I hack the DVD to play Region 1 disks, will they view OK on my old portable or do I need a TV that is NTSC compatible?

All help appreciated - thanks

Yes. It should work. You can test it by connecting your DVD player to VCR using a normal scart cable. The only difference would be that the picture won`t be good because of Macrovision. If this works, you can by the Mac Master 2001 to disable Macrovision.

You don`t need TV that is NTSC compatible to play R1 discs.

Pawan,

thanks for your help.

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It worked !!

Got a macro master from www.innovations.co.uk catalogue (good service), connected it all up and it works perfectly.

Even managed to hack my Bush DVD and it plays my Region 1 disc fine. After reading some other posts I had worried my US disc would only play in black and white, but it plays in perfect colour.

Thanks again
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