The message was loud and clear, Richard, thank you very much. Is it safe to assume the rest of the world is PAL? Or are there other formats out there with which to contend?
SOFA
The system used in America & Canada is called "NTSC".
Western Europe and Australia use a system called "PAL",
and Eastern Europe and France use "SECAM".
But I think SECAM is
for VHS and I guess DVDs in France are in Pal format. Most recent VCRs
in France are Pal/Secam compatible also. My VCR can do Pal & Secam
and It can read NTSC in Pal (but not record in NTSC).
All DVD players over
here can read PAL & NTSC so it wouldn't bother me if you'd send me
an NTSC DVD although my country (Switzerland) is in PAL.
I assume a Japanese
DVD player could read PAL as well as NTSC.
Then there is the
Zone/Region issue, simply burn your DVD with no region.
My DVD player is
region-free, as most of the units sold over here, and it may (or not)
be the case for the DVD players sold in Japan, I don't
know.
So if you'd buy a
DVD in the States and would send it to someone in Japan, he wouldn't
be able to read it unless he has a region-free player.
The US are region 1
NTSC
I think Japan is
Region 2 NTSC
Most of Europe is
region 2 PAL
A.
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