First of all, Tigerdirect is a very reputed company. No issues there with fakes.
As for your points, Yes and No ! NTSC and PAL have nothing to do with region codes, that is a separate problem altogether and is more specific to digital media (Like DVD's), not to TV.
HDMI is just a carrier and takes the signal as provided by the source and simply carries it in digital format. If the HD cable box or DVD player is sending a PAL frame rate and signal, it is carried in a digital format to the TV and the TV , if capable of showing that frame rate and signal displays the same. Any TV bought across India, Europe or middle east supports every conceivable format and code, the TV's in US are usually limited to the three NTSC signals.
If you try playing your Airtel HD cable box output on a US Sony cable, this is what you get : "Unsupported signal - please check video output".
I have had plenty of friends who have got Sony and Philips LCD's from the US and each one of them is struggling with them. All they use it for is downloaded movies and PS3 ! One person also got a PAL to NTSC converter, but the quality really sucks.
strategy said:
NTSC and pal are just region codes now.
earlier when in standard definition were common it was important as NTSE is 16:9 and pall is 4:3 (Horizontal res : 576 i guess ...do not remember)
but as you will be playing HD content ...no issues there, they will play without problems only, if you try to connect your cable/dth/ DVD(with PAL region code) it wont play. but no problems there as well, now that in india HD DTH services are being provided by AIrtel/DishTV/videocon/? all HD content will play.
but i am unsure if in say, dish tv HD i want to watch a channel that has not gone HD, will the reciever send it in PAL resolution or upscaled HD.
you might want to ask people who have DIsh HD/or any other HD srvice
for DVD if you play it with PS3/Xbox no problems there.
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While I have the highest regards for anybody trying to help, it is important to note that you should not pass wrong information which will lead to the person putting in so much money and wasting it. 16:9 and 4:3 are the aspect ratios and have absolutely nothing to do with NTSC and PAL.
strategy said:
NTSC and pal are just region codes now.
earlier when in standard definition were common it was important as NTSE is 16:9 and pall is 4:3 (Horizontal res : 576 i guess ...do not remember)