Posted by Adrian on 12/23/05 10:34

Atropos wrote:
> "Brendan R. Wehrung" <ck183@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
> news:dog0qg$fge$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>> Jangchub (sakadawa@kopan.com) writes:
>>> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:51:42 -0000, "Atropos"
>>> <davewhite122000Nowdontbesillylads@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Jangchub" <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:dg5mq1140n8lfq5m28dknn22tludfm4ath@4ax.com...
>>>>> There is a movie I am dying to see, but the format used for
>>>>> America does not have, on the DVD, this special feature
>>>>> "making-of" documentary.
>>>>>
>>>>> The film is Kundun and the special is In Search of Kundun, which
>>>>> is a beautiful documentary about Martin Scorcese's quest to get
>>>>> this film done.
>>>>>
>>>>> My question is, if I buy the version for Europe, will DVD Shrink
>>>>> strip out the coding so I can burn a DVD and watch it in my
>>>>> player?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Yes, DVD Shrink can be set to make a DVD backup region free.
>>>> However, you may still encounter the problem of PAL - NTSC.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So, you mean it may not play in my player? Would I be able to
>>> convert it stripped into a .avi file?
>>
>>
>> That's something I've been curious about. Is the data actually
>> stored to be played by a country's chosen format, or is it the same
>> in all with a tag to tell the player to convert the base form to,
>> say PAL? This would make more sense to me even if ther are only a
>> handful of formats besides NTSC and PAL.
>>
>> Brendan
>
> Not exactly the same - but does Region 1 PAL and Region 2 NTSC exist?


Japan is Region 2 NTSC

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