gshaviv -> RE: Where to buy? (May 13 2005 5:16:16)
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Which makes a complete mockery of the the whole Standards issue IMO Not quite. PAL & NTSC are analog formats and make a difference for analog devices, like your TV. A computer is a digital device and doesn't care. It decodes the mpeg stream into your display memory. Then if you are using an analog monitor, the computer's display controller will resample that to the monitor frequency. That's why your computer doesn't care. quote:
DVD's are recorded in an MPEG-2 format, albeit from an NTSC or PAL source. The MPEG2 stream can be recorded in NTSC or PAL. In each case the stream is encoded at a different frame rate and resolution to match the format. quote:
ow end DVD players seem to work well with PAL or NTSC Yeah, strange. I have a $50 Toshiba DVD that outputs NTSC no matter what DVD I put in (PAL or NTSC), meaning the DVD resamples the stream like a computer does. You do see the PAL at lower quality due to this, but you can still see it. I used to have a $250 Kenwood DVD that couldn't handle PAL DVDs.
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