Posted by John Howells on 12/23/05 16:56

"Brendan R. Wehrung" <ck183@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote

> 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.

The data is stored to be played in the chosen format, NTSC or PAL. There is
no base form. Some players will make a best effort to convert the chosen
display format.

John Howells

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