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Posted by JNugent on 01/14/08 03:01
Mike S. wrote:
> In article <ZJ6dnS3yMJjRARfanZ2dnUVZ8vKdnZ2d@pipex.net>,
> JNugent <not.telling@noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
>
>>P.V. wrote:
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>>><Mamadu.Bwana@gmail.com> 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.
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>>Is that what happens?
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>>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?
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> 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?
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