OFF: Followup DVD question

K Henderson henderson.120 at OSU.EDU
Fri Dec 7 15:20:08 EST 2001


>Anyone who is refering to DVDs in terms of NTSC and PAL hasn't fully grasped
>the difference.  The DVD player and the TV can be NTSC or PAL, but the data
>on the DVD discs is the same anywhere in the world, the only difference
being >the Region Code which, as people have said, can be gotten round
without much >fuss.

Oh, so the player's output is then 'NTSC' or 'PAL' no matter what the DVD
is? Then a Region 1-playing DVD player (power-adjusted) plugged into a Swiss
TV set is no good, no matter what the DVD is encoded for?

I'm stupid.

Grakkl (FAA)



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