At 8:06 PM +0000 09-12-2005, Joe Clark wrote:
>> From: "Naftali Shani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> While the TV format in most of western Europe is PAL... DVD
>> file has nothing to do with it - the DVD player will convert the digital
>> file to the proper TV format.
>
> That's false. There are NTSC and PAL DVD-Video discs. DVD-Video discs do
> not contain some magic third format that is automatically converted. I'm
> sure you'll dispute this, but that would be like disputing the statement
> "Mac and Windows machines run the same operating system."

Naftali may well have a machine that automatically switches formats, not
convert. Check out http://www.videohelp.com for a list of machines that
have that option as purchased. (Most of the newer models can be firmware
hacked via the remote to make the player region-free.)

Sov
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