N64: NTSC Game-PAL Console

Hello There,
Using a Passport III Plus I can play some NTSC games that I have in colour on an older TV in our household, but not on our newer Panasonic Viera LCD TV. On this TV I get a jumpy black and white image, jumping of which I can prevent by running the yellow, white and red cables through our VCR (has a built in NTSC converter).

I would like to use this TV to play these games, but I've no idea how to receive a colour image on it. I have tried changing settings on the TV itself, but everything appears to be automatically detected as it says in the manual that NTSC is supported. Do I need a different cable or something along those lines?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Hamish

 

The yellow cable you're referencing is called "composite" and it would sound like that for some reason your TV is trying to display the NTSC picture as 50hz PAL which would explain why its rolling and in black and white.

Does the manual stipulate that it only supports NTSC over certain connections or does it specifically state over all connections? Can you post the model number?

 

Simply your TV doesn't support 60hz, some TVs do but will crop the image or will be half way down the screen. Regardless if you have a NTSC converter it simply won't display on the TV.

 

Isn't a PAL N64 not really NTSC when playing NTSC games? I thought the color encoding will stay PAL, but using the game's original resolution and sync rate.

 

Yes maybe it's a PAL60 or NTSC4.43 signal, sometimes referred to as 'modified NTSC'.

 

Thank you for all of the responses!

APE:
The model is a Panasonic Viera TX-32LXD70A, and as far as I can see, the manual does not specifically mention NTSC being supported over every connection. In the rear of the manual under "Receiving Systems/Band Name" it lists PAL 60 Hz, M.NTSC and NTSC.

The manual mentions in several places that 50 & 60Hz are supported with the component and HDMI inputs, too. If the N64 is connected through our VCR, I can choose to turn on the NTSC converter (stops picture from jumping-mentioned in last post) and also alter an option from PAL to NTSC 4.43 or NTSC 3.58 (can't quite remember the exact number), though the latter two don't appear to affect the picture at all. They do, however, effect the picture on my older TV.

Hamish