NTSC switches to PAL in clamshell

When connected to a TV via RCA out to TV from MacBook the MacBook switches to PAL every time I close the MacBook. Very frustrating.
I have tried rebooting with the tv connected and closing the MacBook immediately. This used to work on my old iBook G4, but no luck.
Of course I check my settings over and over again to make sure I have NTSC chosen.
Any insights?
Thanks.

welcome keyframe to the  board ....
you have some options:
* most European DVDstandalones accept NTSC disks; it is the TVs which sometimes get a hickup with that "foreign" signal: pic turns b/w, and/or loss of audio... but as, said: in most cases it works...
* you can select in iDVD the video standard of your project (PAL=25fps) and drop in your NTSC iM project... the conversion will then be done by the QTengine...
* or, I prefer the results created by a free tool called JES Deinterlacer; simply export your project as QT/Full Quality and let JESD do a conversion.. drop that new created into PAL-iDVD project....
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