Pal/NTSC video to tv quest

Hello,
If I add some PAL formatted videos to my Zen Vision: M can I then play them on a TV by using the video hook-up cables? I know that US tvs use NTSC and cannot play Pal, but I am hoping that by first adding them to my Vision I can get the same quality of sound/video. I am about to buy the av cables from Creative, but if I can only watch PAL videos on my Vision (and not through my TV) then I may not bother gtting the cables.

Computers don't care whether it is PAL or NTSC so I'd upload it in whatever format it originally was. Besides, you may want to tweak the resolution and frame rate to get a smaller size clip anyway.
But if the target audience is going to view it on a TV (after burning it to a video-DVD, for example), then it might be a good idea to convert it to the standard they use.

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