Posted by Jeanne on 06/24/07 03:12

I hope a fairly newby question is okay here.

I've got a European DVD that among its many logos has "PAL Region 0"
and "DVD Video" -- no indication of NTSC anywhere. This plays on an XP
computer and on a recent MacBook as do copies of it, but not on my
older DVD player or a brand-new one (both SONY).

It is normal for the computer to be more versatile, I think. Correct?

But when I put it in the newer DVD player (and the book explicitly
says it won't play PAL) it *almost* plays. The machine briefly
displays "PLAY" and once in a while I even see a second of the opening
scene (kind of jittery). Does this sound possible?

The reason I ask is that I want to be sure my only problem is PAL and
not some defect in a disk that ought to be playable on an NTSC
machine.

Many thanks for any info / insights.

Sincerely,

Jeanne

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