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It'll play fine since NTSC/PAL refers to video output, not something a PC is concerned with when playing back on a VGA monitor. You will at worst have to contend with some black borders if playing a NTSC video on a VGA display since NTSC has less lines, unless you stretch it to fit, but then the aspect would be wrong. This is assuming you don't have any region playing restrictions, which i think windows PC's will try to enforce.
It's not exactly the same, region 1 (USA) is NTSC, region 2 (Japan & Europe) is both PAL (Europe) and NTSC (Japan), etc.
It's not exactly the same, region 1 (USA) is NTSC, region 2 (Japan & Europe) is both PAL (Europe) and NTSC (Japan), etc.
Edited by scorp on Thursday 11th January 10:36
As scorp touched on. Unless you circumvent it (or use something like VLC which will just open the VOB's directly) Windows (and PowerDVD, et al) will enforce the region code.
You *CAN* change this 5 times I belive and after that the thing will need to be sent back to it's manufacturer for a reset (to give you the 5 back)... I seem to recall they can only do this so many times.
You *CAN* change this 5 times I belive and after that the thing will need to be sent back to it's manufacturer for a reset (to give you the 5 back)... I seem to recall they can only do this so many times.
ThePassenger said:
As scorp touched on. Unless you circumvent it (or use something like VLC which will just open the VOB's directly) Windows (and PowerDVD, et al) will enforce the region code.
You *CAN* change this 5 times I belive and after that the thing will need to be sent back to it's manufacturer for a reset (to give you the 5 back)... I seem to recall they can only do this so many times.
You *CAN* change this 5 times I belive and after that the thing will need to be sent back to it's manufacturer for a reset (to give you the 5 back)... I seem to recall they can only do this so many times.
I'll second the use of VLC, awesome player...
ATG said:
never the same colour twice .v. picture always lousy
You mean Never Twice the Same Colour. And Perfection At Last. And you forget System Essentially Contrary to the American Method.
BTW, none of this stuff goes onto a DVD. These are all methods for encoding colour information into an RF TV signal. What does vary between countries on a DVD is things like frame rates and resolution.
zumbruk said:
ATG said:
never the same colour twice .v. picture always lousy
You mean Never Twice the Same Colour. And Perfection At Last. And you forget System Essentially Contrary to the American Method.
BTW, none of this stuff goes onto a DVD. These are all methods for encoding colour information into an RF TV signal. What does vary between countries on a DVD is things like frame rates and resolution.
Yes, that would be the one ...
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