diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/LogWindow.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/LogWindow.cs
index 67093d5034..c1d726ec35 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/LogWindow.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/LogWindow.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ using BizHawk.Common;
 using BizHawk.Client.Common;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 
+using BizHawk.Common.ReflectionExtensions;
+
 //todo - perks - pause, copy to clipboard, backlog length limiting
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void HideShowGameDbButton()
 		{
-			AddToGameDbBtn.Visible = ReflectionUtil.HasExposedMethod(Global.Emulator, "GenerateGameDbEntry") 
+			AddToGameDbBtn.Visible = Global.Emulator.HasExposedMethod("GenerateGameDbEntry")
 				&& (Global.Game.Status == RomStatus.Unknown || Global.Game.Status == RomStatus.NotInDatabase);
 		}
 
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			var result = picker.ShowDialog();
 			if (result == DialogResult.OK)
 			{
-				var entryObj = (CompactGameInfo)ReflectionUtil.InvokeMethod(Global.Emulator, "GenerateGameDbEntry", null);
+				var entryObj = (CompactGameInfo)Global.Emulator.InvokeMethod("GenerateGameDbEntry", null);
 				var userDb = Path.Combine(PathManager.GetExeDirectoryAbsolute(), "gamedb", "gamedb_user.txt");
 				Global.Game.Status = entryObj.Status = picker.PickedStatus;
 				Database.SaveDatabaseEntry(userDb, entryObj);
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
index b7b3187063..8d91872771 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+using BizHawk.Common.ReflectionExtensions;
 using BizHawk.Client.Common;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.ColecoVision;
@@ -13,10 +17,6 @@ using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.SNES;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Sega.MasterSystem;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Sega.gpgx;
 
-using System.Reflection;
-
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-
 namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 {
 	public partial class RecordMovie : Form
@@ -124,41 +124,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.BOARDNAME] = Global.Emulator.BoardName;
 				}
 
+				if (Global.Emulator.HasPublicProperty("DisplayType"))
+				{
+					var region = Global.Emulator.GetPropertyValue("DisplayType");
+					if ((DisplayType)region == DisplayType.PAL)
+					{
+						_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.PAL] = "1";
+					}
+				}
+
 				if (Global.Emulator is LibsnesCore)
 				{
 					_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.SGB] = (Global.Emulator as LibsnesCore).IsSGB.ToString();
-					if ((Global.Emulator as LibsnesCore).DisplayType == DisplayType.PAL)
-					{
-						_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.PAL] = "1";
-					}
-				}
-				else if (Global.Emulator is SMS)
-				{
-					if ((Global.Emulator as SMS).DisplayType == DisplayType.PAL)
-					{
-						_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.PAL] = "1";
-					}
-				}
-				else if (Global.Emulator is NES)
-				{
-					if ((Global.Emulator as NES).DisplayType == DisplayType.PAL)
-					{
-						_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.PAL] = "1";
-					}
-				}
-				else if (Global.Emulator is N64)
-				{
-					if ((Global.Emulator as N64).DisplayType == DisplayType.PAL)
-					{
-						_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.PAL] = "1";
-					}
-				}
-				else if (Global.Emulator is GPGX)
-				{
-					if ((Global.Emulator as GPGX).DisplayType == DisplayType.PAL)
-					{
-						_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.PAL] = "1";
-					}
 				}
 
 				_movieToRecord.Header[HeaderKeys.CORE] = ((CoreAttributes)Attribute
diff --git a/BizHawk.Common/ReflectionUtil.cs b/BizHawk.Common/ReflectionUtil.cs
index 834025b6e0..88f3521f41 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Common/ReflectionUtil.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Common/ReflectionUtil.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 
-namespace BizHawk.Common
+namespace BizHawk.Common.ReflectionExtensions
 {
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Reflection based helper methods
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 		/// Takes an object and determines if it has methodName as a public method
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <returns>Returns whether or not the obj both contains the method name and the method is public</returns>
-		public static bool HasExposedMethod(object obj, string methodName)
+		public static bool HasExposedMethod(this object obj, string methodName)
 		{
 			var method = obj.GetType().GetMethod(methodName);
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 		/// If the method returns void, the return value is null
 		/// If the method does not exist or is not public, it returns null
 		/// </returns>
-		public static object InvokeMethod(object obj, string methodName, object[] args)
+		public static object InvokeMethod(this object obj, string methodName, object[] args)
 		{
 			var method = obj.GetType().GetMethod(methodName);
 			if (method != null && method.IsPublic)
@@ -45,5 +45,28 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 
 			return null;
 		}
+
+		public static bool HasPublicProperty(this object obj, string propertyName)
+		{
+			var property = obj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);
+
+			if (property != null)
+			{
+				return property.CanRead;
+			}
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		public static object GetPropertyValue(this object obj, string propertyName)
+		{
+			var property = obj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);
+			if (property != null && property.CanRead)
+			{
+				return property.GetValue(obj, null);
+			}
+
+			return null;
+		}
 	}
 }