old mate has an american friend who has bought his american ps3 to oz:

old mates tv cant play ntsc signal, what options do we have to convert the ntsc to pal?

run it through a NTSC capable VCR?

yer, not an option unfortunately;

we're dealing with cruddy old hardware here;

You can buy something like this http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-11z-49-en-70-1au.html but seriously, why would you bother?

PS3 on a non HDTV looks like aaaassssss.

New TV? obviously depends largely on this persons cash flow but imo it's not even really worth having a PS3 at all if you don't have a 1080p display to use it on.

thanks dan

i wonder if we could get something like that locally?

apparently dick smith said it couldnt be done:

i do agree, new tv would be the best solution, but apparently the american dude is just a house guest and will be leaving with his ps3 sometime soonish, so old mate doesnt want to spend substantial cash on a fix

I had to live with my gf temporarily for a few weeks just after GTA4 came out, and had to play like this:
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/6894/ps3loltvvu2.th.jpg
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