Dave Liquorice wrote:

But the signal on the disk hasn't, hopefully, been anywhere near PAL
coder, digits all the way.

PAL vs NTSC format is a misnomer for DVDs, but is generally used to
distinguish between 576line 25fps and 480line 30fps discs.

Wouldn't the player be connected via HDMI anyway or
at the very least RGB SCART

SCART in leftpondia? unlikely ...