Re: dvd and region code.

Christian Lerrahn wrote:
> This is not 100% correct. With DVDs you still have PAL and NTSC
> encoding (720 x 576 pixels (PAL DVDs), or 720 x 480 pixels (NTSC
> DVDs)) and most players will only play one of them. There are players
> that will convert PAL to NTSC/NTSC to PAL but it's hard to find out
> if there's such a converter in your DVD player because manufacturers
> are (at least in many countries) legally not allowed to include this
> in the technical specifications. As the US use NTSC but Australia
> uses PAL, you will most likely run into problems. However, in the US
> you can still view these DVDs on a comnputer I think.

This surprises me a little, but it has nothing to do with the region coding 
itself.  It would surprise me even more if modern equipment couldn't 
actually handle PAL vs NTSC; I guess this could be an issue with equipment 
older than about 5 years though [or probably more like 15 years, but I am 
only guessing here].

Kind Regards

AndrewM

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