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Posted by JNugent on 01/14/08 23:04
Mike S. wrote:
> 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.
My point exactly.
The only one of them that applies at the level of the disc is the
region-coding. If the playback method is pure mpeg (as, eg, with a
computer), the "television system" doesn't even come into it.
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