PAL source out to NTSC TV

If I have some PAL 25 fps source material recorded onto my iPod, and I have the iPod set to NTSC out, should it play okay on an NTSC TV here in the US?

All,
Well, I tried it today.
I converted Black Books (PAL 25fps, UK comedy) from a DVD (Super DVD iPod Converter) in one step to a .mp4 file, then copied it to my 5G iPod.
I set the Video to NTSC out and played three episodes out to a 72" large screen TV.
It looked very good! Minimal artifacts from the 320x240 reduction (crawly jaggies), minimal compression artifacts (halos, color bleed etc), good sound, good motion with only Very minimal 25/30 frame rate artifacts.
All-in-all: Brilliant! Well done Apple !!!

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