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Posted by tony on 09/17/05 09:48
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:02:17 +0000 (UTC), Brian McIlwrath
<bkm@bkmpc.bnsc.rl.ac.uk> wrote:
>John Howells <john@howells-99.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
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>: > There is no such thing as a SECAM DVD for instance.
>
>: Which logic also says there are no PAL or NTSC DVDs, but there are PAL,
>: NTSC, and SECAM DVD players.
>
>That is only a shorthand. The information on DVDs is actually 60Hz
>component video for "Region 1" and 50Hz interlaced for *BOTH* "Regions 2
>and 4" (Europe and Australia). A French DVD player *MAY* play a Region 2/4
>DVD in SECAM - but it's unlikely as most French TVs are PAL/SECAM
>
>Using RGB bypasses all the "PAL/SECAM/NTSC" issues.
I don't want to turn this into a nitpicking fest, what I meant was
French DVD's say PAL on them not PAL/SECAM or SECAM. DVD players sold
in France output PAL or NTSC or both. No one makes a DVD player that
outputs SECAM even French manufactured ones.
R2 DVD's can also be 60Hz (Japan) and R1 DVD's can be 24fps.
To return to the original question - both tv and vhs player need to be
able to handle PAL, most modern machines will be able to but if his
friend/family has an old player with a new tv it most likely won't
play
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