Posted by Brian McIlwrath on 09/16/05 22:02

John Howells <john@howells-99.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

: > There is no such thing as a SECAM DVD for instance.

: Which logic also says there are no PAL or NTSC DVDs, but there are PAL,
: NTSC, and SECAM DVD players.

That is only a shorthand. The information on DVDs is actually 60Hz
component video for "Region 1" and 50Hz interlaced for *BOTH* "Regions 2
and 4" (Europe and Australia). A French DVD player *MAY* play a Region 2/4
DVD in SECAM - but it's unlikely as most French TVs are PAL/SECAM

Using RGB bypasses all the "PAL/SECAM/NTSC" issues.

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