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Posted by Niall Leonard on 09/17/05 11:00
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:48:24 +0000 (UTC), tony <nospam@all.com> wrote:
>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:
>>
>>: > 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
Thanks for all the help, that's very clear.
My nephew is going from Australia to France to teach English for a
year and has taped some Aussie TV shows to use as teaching aids. I've
told him that it should be okay provided the college has up-to-date
equipment.
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