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Posted by Mike S. on 01/14/08 16:38
In article <OdadnTvu2scDTRfanZ2dnUVZ8uGdnZ2d@pipex.net>,
JNugent <not.telling@noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
>Mike S. wrote:
>> In article <ZJ6dnS3yMJjRARfanZ2dnUVZ8vKdnZ2d@pipex.net>,
>> JNugent <not.telling@noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>P.V. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>><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.
>>>
>>>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?
Whichever one the author chooses. I own both PAL and NTSC commercial
Region 0 discs.
Region coding and television system are two entirely different, unrelated
things.
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