Peter, Most parts of Europe broadcast in Pal/Secam as one system except UK that you tune in and have either picture or sound in a Pal/Scam tv unit. All DVD players can read region 1 or region 2 but if you. I think if you play DVD's of a certain region for long period they lock to one region. At least on a computer. The cheap dvd players that I have used so far can read both with no problem. I have DVD's from the old country that play on my north American dvd player.
Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 N 43.13.406 W 73.37.431 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Gelinas To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] tv antenna? Since my boat is in Spain, or, therabouts, the availability of PAL was my question, except for brief visits to Corsica where SECAM would be the system. But since you bring it up, what would the digital version of SECAM and PAL be called? Also .. (and obviously i know nothing about this stuff) I have always seen the PAL, SECAM, NTSC as a description on VHS tapes. I see PAL and region 2 marked on the DVD I have in my hand and I do understand that region 2 is the European region of a DVD. (I thought this was done to release DVDs in a controled manner, one region after the other. But why have a region 2 restriction on a DVD if the region 1 version could not be played on a DVD player that was a PAL system because it was made to send a signal to a PAL TV? Wouldn't the NTSC system of an American DVD prevent it from being viewed on a PAL TV? Or is the region designation just another way of saying PAL, SECAM, NTSC? Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 07:33:22 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] tv antenna? NTSC is USA analog, PAL is Europe analog, I believe that SECAM is French analog, what you would find in French Caribbean. Why is there no mention of ATSC, USA Digital? Also QAM, USA digital cable stations? Lee Haefele ----- Original Message ----- From: Letsgosailing To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] tv antenna? I don't know Peter, The DVD reader it has the choices but I do not know for the TV itself. The manual says "broadcast system= ntsc/ pal but have no way to confirm that. Now that I read it better it says composite video input ==> ntsc/pal/secam S-video input ==> ntsc/pal/secam antenna (RF) ==>ntsc/pal Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 N 43.13.406 W 73.37.431 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Gelinas To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] tv antenna? Your post seems to suggest the new tv functions on 240V Any idea if it will work in Europe (PAL) instead of the North American (SECAM)? Peter > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 22:01:10 -0400 > Subject: [Liveaboard] tv antenna? > > Some time ago someone on the list referred to a HD tv device for laptop. > I just got a 19" LCD TV-DVD (DAENYX 120-240 AC-12 VDC) combo from Wal-Mart > this past weekend. 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