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True, but technical correction aside, that doesn't alleviate her problem viewing films from other regions.

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on November 11, 2007 at 00:04:24

In Reply to: BDs are region-coded A,B, and/or C; NTSC/PAL doesn't come into play. (nt) posted by Russell on November 10, 2007 at 18:11:43:

The issue isn't over whether the release was shot PAL, NTSC or SECAM and Region specific (1,2,3,4,5 or 0, which is non-region locked), because there are standard format players such as the Oppo which hack these very nicely so folks can enjoy films from anywhere they purchase them. Her grievance, unless I'm mistaken, is with high definition players which aren't capable of playing discs from other countries (up-converted standard definition or HD/BD).

If these aren't capable of playing films outside of a specific region, a lot of folks may opt out or remain loyal to standard definition for a longer period of time even though viewing std. definition DVDs is limited to 480P (NTSC), 576P (PAL) and up-converted 16:9 of various formats and regions to maximum resolutions of 720P, 1080I or 1080P.

AuPh

Edits: 11/11/07

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