On 9/12/05, Sovereignty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.)
And, a lot of equipment in Europe automagically works with either NTSC
or PAL nowadays (compared to Europe our hardware is pretty
primitive... goes hand in hand with social attitudes I suppose ;-).
Eric.
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