Mon, 05 Apr 2004 11:18:55 -0400, Olivier Borzeix <oborzeix(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
>On 05/04/04 03:43, "EfrÈn del Valle" <efrendv(a)yahoo.es> wrote:
>
>> --- Andrew Mortensen <andrewm(a)mail.selc.com.au>
>> escribiÛ: > I thought that NTSC & Pal were only down
>> to your
>>> actual TV & not your
>>> vid/DVD player?
>>> is this correct (at all?)
>>
>> No, it's a video/DVD format, but most of the players
>> nowadays are compatible.
>
>Well, they are in Europe but in North America (or at least in Canada) region
>free DVD player are still few and expensive to get
As has been noted a few days ago in this thread:
DVD regions are a very different issue from NTSC
& PAL.
NTSC & PAL are two distinct standards for video
production about how many lines there are per
screen and how fast they scan for a particular TV
set. This level of standard is the same for a
specific TV set regardless of the source of the
programming (broadcast signal, cable, videotape,
laser disc, or DVD).
DVD regions are only relevant to whether or not a
particular DVD player can play a particular DVD -
if the programming content is encoded in the PAL
format and your TV only plays NTSC, it won't play
entirely correctly no matter what DVD region a
disc is encoded for.
As Efren stated, it is becoming more common for
TVs to be compatible with both NTSC and PAL
standards. Though this is far more often the case
in Europe than North American, it is easier to
find multi-standard TV monitors than it is to
find region-free DVD players in North America. &
this is unlikely to change any time soon.
Bests,
Herb
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