OFF: Followup DVD question

[Chris Allen]

Anyone who is refering to DVDs in terms of NTSC and PAL hasn't fully grasped
the difference.
The DVD player and the TV can be NTSC or PAL, but the data on the DVD discs
is the same anywhere in the world, the only difference being the Region Code
which, as people have said, can be gotten round without much fuss.

----- Original Message -----
From: "K Henderson" <henderson.120 at OSU.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: OFF: Followup DVD question


> Dan points out...
>
> >Not really, exceptions are players that have hacked firmware or
loopholes.
> >Easier is to play the DVD on a computer running hacked software to play
all
> >regions.  DVD regions are just there so they can control what you watch,
Pal
> >and NTSC are actually different formats.
>
> Alright, now I'm completely confused.  :)
>
> Not from what's appeared here, but from what I'm now reading on r.m.p.
about
> this same topic.
>
> Over there, they're discussing the very same Magma DVD issue, and it does
> appear that both 'European' and 'American' versions are being prepared.
> (However, word from Ken Golden is that the American ones came out wrong
from
> the manufacturer and release will now be delayed.)
>
> Anyway, Ken is referring to the American one as the 'NTSC' version, the
> European one as the 'PAL' version.  So does that mean that NTSC/PAL format
> is also still associated with DVD technology, as well as, and apart from,
> the Region-encoding nonsense?  (I'm really not very interested in all this
> kind of thing, and so am especially naive about it all.)  I mean, this
> doesn't compute in my brain very well...like how could they make an
> all-region DVD if the format didn't match either PAL or NTSC devices?  So,
> is it really true that a Region 2 DVD is also "PAL," or is this bunk?
>
> What are the Hawkwind DVD's so far?  I think there's a Chronicle and also
> the Nottingham show already on DVD, right?  Are they Region 2's only,
> separate Region 1 and 2, or Region 0 (all regions?)?
>
> Many of my DVD's don't have any indication of what region they are, or at
> least I can't find where it's marked.  What do you suppose these are?
> (Mostly US-made sci-fi TV/movie stuff.)  Is there any other (easy) way to
tell?
>
> Grakkl (FAA), hoping that he didn't screw up and buy a bunch of things he
> can never play in Europe without major difficulty.
>