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Posted by Don Del Grande on 01/14/08 04:51
JNugent wrote:
>Mike S. wrote:
>
>> JNugent wrote:
>>
>>> P.V. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Mamadu.Bwana kirjoitti
>>>
>>>>>I recently moved to the USA form Europe and I might move to Canada or
>>>>>back to Europe in the future. I am looking for your advice concerning
>>>>>the purchase of a DVD player which would allow me to play any DVD in
>>>>>any country on any TV. [ ... ]
>>>
>>>>I'm not sure about multi-system, but I would guess it means that the
>>>>player can convert PAL material for NTSC tv and vice versa.
>>>
>>>Is that what happens?
>>>
>>>I thought (without giving it too much consideration) that a DVD player
>>>simply converts the mpeg material on the disc into whatever sort of
>>>broadcast-type signal the TV set needs to "see", whether that be NTSC,
>>>Secam, PAL or whatever?
>>
>> The MPEG bitstream contains flags indicating the TV system that the video
>> is formatted for. In a non-converting player, this must match the system
>> of the player or else it returns an error (like "cannot play this type of
>> disc"). A player capable of dual TV systems may reformat the output for
>> more appropriate display on the other system.
>
>So fpr which system is the video formmatted on a region 0 DVD?
Isn't that like saying which system is the video formatted on a region
4 DVD?
It can be either (if it's meant for Australia, PAL; if it's meant for
Mexico or Jamaica, NTSC - more accurately, 25 frames/sec vs 29.97).
The same with Region 0. (The only Region 0 DVD I own is a Secret
Policemen's Balls box set, which is PAL.)
As for the original post, one problem you may have with a "universal"
DVD player is the different voltage systems used in Europe and the
USA.
-- Don
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