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My old DVD player could play PAL, as well as NTSC. Apparently, my new one can't

Frank, email your address to me. Just watched it for the 2nd time with Wifey and am currently ripping it. I'll send it to you this week.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, jeffrey coulter <i_am_zontar@...> wrote:
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> > Has anyone seen this movie? I had to order it from across the puddle because it
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> > isn't available in the U.S. I thought my all region DVD player would be able
> > to play it, but no luck, so I watched it on my computer. Very well done, I
> > think. Lots of vintage gear and the acting was superb. I highly recommend it.
> >
> > Bernie
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> note: the problem would be because it's got video encoded in PAL.
> DVD regions have no direct correlation to the underlying video encoding [PAL or NTSC].
> for example, region 2 encompasses Europe and Japan - Europe uses PAL video and Japan uses NTSC video.
> some players will play anything thrown at them, others can play all regions but not an incompatible video format.
> i'm lucky in that i've got multiple players that all happily display anything i put in the tray.
>
> yes, i still lurk here,
> jeff
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