Nah, the military government collapsed in the 80s. Democracy at least is an aim here now, people usually don�t get in much trouble for being outspoken. Of course gettign attention is an entirely different matter, but i suppose it�s the same in other places. Sepultura was never very big here, if they don�t live here (i don�t know) it�s probably their public is mostly in other countries. About the tv system, in the end it�s all about money, behind every weird decision there�s someone getting rich. Your comparison to region codes on the previous message was pretty accurate. Now the �being corrupted by Zappa� thing will never be a danger when no one even heard of him, sadly...
Gabriel On 5/18/05, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its probably a political/isolationist thing. They just don't want you > getting corrupted by seeing rude and weird Zappa stuff...LOL. > I'm a bit geographically/world politics dumb, so apologies about my next > question. Is the government there still of a military origin? That would > explain a lot. military minds get paranoid about free thinking. Didn't > Sepultura have to make a run for it for being outspoken there? > Don't loose heart, the united kingdom aint as free as it makes out. You can > get sudden doses of bad employment luck if you speak out here! But then we > can watch a standard tv format so they are good to us really... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gabriel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] A Question of DVD formats > > You�re pretty much right on most of it, Richard. About pal-m however, > it�s not compatible with european Pal because pal-m was developed here > by the military as a way of protecting the brazilian tv industry (or > so they thought, i�m simplifying the story a lot here). It�s actually > a modification of pal, but we�re the only ones who use this format. > Nowadays most tvs here understand both pal-m and ntsc, but almost > every digital equipment around only work in ntsc, i think even tv > stations do all their stuff on ntsc and convert it only when they > broadcast. > Now guess what, the morons here want to do the same mistake again and > make our own digital tv system, instead of picking the same one most > people in the rest of the world will soon be using. Bah. > > Gabriel > > On 5/17/05, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am probably wrong, but I would say that M would probably be compatible > > with the UK PAL system. I have noticed on some old cordless home TV > > distribution systems, a switch which changes the PAL system transmitter > > between two different pal systems. To my recollection it didn't make a lot > > of difference, possibly the sound was different slightly, could be > mistaken > > there though. That was some years ago and auto sensing circuitry would > cover > > that issue now in even the cheapest DVD player. Most incompatibilities > these > > days are deliberately built in to make companies rich, not because they > are > > genuinely incompatible. Like region codes! > > The original reason that pal secam and ntsc exist is all down to when > > countries went colour and what technology was available, cos you couldn't > > keep asking your public to buy new compatibleTV's every time there was a > > breakthrough. Yet you wanted more reliable transmission systems. NTSC used > > to be known as Never The Same Colour twice by its PAL competitors. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gabriel > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] A Question of DVD formats > > > > Brazil uses its own format called Pal-m. Pretty stupid if you ask me. > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
