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1. British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:22:57 -0000; I discovered my new DVD player is PAL compatible and region free. (Tried it, and it really works.) I'm now looking for some online Brit sources of DVDs. There are some sitcoms I'm looking for, and of; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00345.html (7,451 bytes)
2. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:00:44 -0700 (PDT); Whoa! DVD's have that same PAL issue that old VHS tapes used to have? I thought that was gone with DVDs! Bummer! == Paul Misencik - 1971 MGB - www.sopwithracing.com THE CAROLINA TROPHY - 2005 A vinta; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00348.html (7,880 bytes)
3. RE: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman (DHL US)" <DAVID.BRENEMAN@dhl.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 12:30:41 -0700; So, what model is it?; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00351.html (7,509 bytes)
4. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 18:24:57 -0500; Even worse! My nearly $300 DVD player for my Dell Laptop allows you to change the region just five times and then it permanently sticks on the last one selected. Does that stink or what? -Rock http:/; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00357.html (8,281 bytes)
5. RE: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 19:03:38 -0500; Like someone else mentioned, the PAL compatibility only comes into effect when you hook it up to the TV. It's the broadcast signal that determines to necessary output format. The DVD disc itself is f; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00360.html (8,272 bytes)
6. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:17:58 -0700; That is the normal setup, I'm afraid. When the DVD standard was being negotiated, the content creators insisted on this "feature". Otherwise the whole concept of regions would be meaningless. We're a; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00362.html (8,631 bytes)
7. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 21:27:08 -0500; Now, I'm confused. I was under the impression that the discs are either NTSC or PAL or whatever. They sure label them that way. -Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com -- JJ Cale Live CD and video: http://; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00364.html (8,459 bytes)
8. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 19:52:05 -0700 (PDT); That's what I thought too. In fact, I had a bunch of VHS tapes I bought i == Paul Misencik - 1971 MGB - www.sopwithracing.com THE CAROLINA TROPHY - 2005 A vintage driving event in the spirit of the M; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00367.html (8,453 bytes)
9. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 19:52:57 -0700 (PDT); That's what I thought too. In fact, I had a bunch of VHS tapes I bought in england that were PAL format, and a local video place converted them for me. That seems to indicate that it was in the tape; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00368.html (8,679 bytes)
10. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:30:50 -0700; No, it's in the "content" formatting. PAL is a different broadcast standard (frame width in pixels, line count, frame rate). It's like, say, I copied a Mac program onto a PC floppy disk (remember tho; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00371.html (9,049 bytes)
11. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:23:56 -0700; Yes, they are. But that's like saying they're Mac or PC. The disc is the same, it's the content that's different. The PAL content won't play on your US TV, even if your DVD player is PAL-compatible,; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00372.html (9,278 bytes)
12. RE: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 00:06:15 -0400; The recording format and encoding are different; NTSC is recorded at 29.94 frames per second, PAL and SECAM (Asia) are recorded at 24, and film at 14. In a digital environment the algorithms used to; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00375.html (10,664 bytes)
13. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: MGBnutt@aol.com; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 01:01:54 EDT; OK, the following explanation may be more info than anyone wants to know (and slightly off-LBC-topic). (I found it at www.videos2dvd.com where they do all kinds of conversions). "Is PAL DVD playable; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00378.html (10,537 bytes)
14. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 00:46:01 -0500; In England, they say NTSC stands for "Never The Same Colour." -Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com -- JJ Cale Live CD and video: http://www.rocky-frisco.com/calelive.htm The Wednesday Night Science Proj; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00381.html (8,931 bytes)
15. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 00:46:20 -0500; In England, they say NTSC stands for "Never The Same Colour." -Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com -- JJ Cale Live CD and video: http://www.rocky-frisco.com/calelive.htm The Wednesday Night Science Proj; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00382.html (8,833 bytes)
16. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:11:55 +0930; I think that is a little optomistic "throughout the world, including...." - they should have just used the list because then they say "PAL is used throughout Europe and China as well as in various Af; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00383.html (8,168 bytes)
17. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:33:46 -0700; The British standard is much better than the North American one and gives a much better picture. All you have to do is look at TV in England and remember how poor it is in NA. I used to design cable; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00388.html (9,172 bytes)
18. RE: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 07:52:34 -0500; There I go shooting off before I had the brain totally engaged. You all are correct. The content is in fact encoded per the video standard. I should know this as I do some playing around with video p; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00390.html (9,573 bytes)
19. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:23:51 -0700 (PDT); When I was 14, I stayed in Germany for a few months trying to latch on with the youth division of a Bundesliga soccer club. I remember thinking how amazing the television pictures were, everywhere I; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00394.html (8,497 bytes)
20. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: "Don Vierling" <Don.Vierling@stago-us.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:17:27 -0400; You guys are funny! The quality of the picture has never been a problem for me...it's the quality of the programming you need to worry about! I still don't even have cable... donny v ;-) 1978 MGB Whe; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00400.html (8,595 bytes)

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