Posted by Bill Vermillion on 01/18/08 00:00

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?

In the default mode it does. However of the 3 or so DVD players
I've had by going into the setup mode you turn off automatic
and set it for PAL or NTSC, and no matter the format of the video
on the DVD it is output in your selected format.

Bill

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