HD Extender and PAL

[ronj]

Hi All,

I'm really thinking of buying a HD extender as soon as it's available.

I currently have a MCE machine in the living room, but I really want to convert that machine into a centralized (in the basement) Windows Home Server machine with lots of storage and SageTV! And then of course having the silent HD Extender in the living room.

But I live in the Netherlands and therefor depending on PAL support.

I've read on this forum that the extender currently only supports NTSC, but does that mean it does not on a PAL tv??

Thanks for your help!!

[CyRex]

Opus posted a sticky regarding the STX-HD100 RoHS compliance which mentioned the status of PAL support. Apparently it will be added with a firmware update, no ETA though...

See here:
STX-HD100 RoHS compliance update

-Dan

[ronj]

Thanks.

But what happens if I hook the extender to a PAL tv... does it display anything?

[jalaram]

On a similar note, can the Extender play PAL DVD rips or ISOs on a NTSC TV?

[Madcoder]

A lot of PAL TVs seem to also handle an NTSC signal fine. FYI, I have tried an extender on a cheap Europe PAL TV, and it played everything fine. This was using the plain old composite input on the TV, through a scart adapter.