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Alex Blokhine · April 27th, 2004, 11:28 AM

A NTSC made DVD can it be played in France (SECAM)? or PAL-N, PAL-M countries?

Rob Lohman · April 27th, 2004, 02:03 PM

That totally depends. A lot of eurepean equipment can handle
NTSC DVD's or can convert them on the fly. But not everything.
I don't have any numbers for you. If you want to be 100% safe
make a PAL DVD. To the best of my knowledge there is no such
thing as a SECAM DVD. The SECAM countries all use PAL DVD's.
They might use a slightly different DVD player, but as long as your
DVD's are PAL compliant they should work.

Whether or not the risk of sending an NTSC DVD is worth it
depends on what you are sending, to whom and why.

Arnaldo Paixao · April 29th, 2004, 05:19 AM

Played and seen, meaning:

Most of the DVD players in Europe can play NTSC and PAL DVDs. A lot of TV sets cannot play both systems, that's the problem.

April 27th, 2004, 11:28 AM	#1
Alex Blokhine Tourist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2	formats playback A NTSC made DVD can it be played in France (SECAM)? or PAL-N, PAL-M countries?

April 27th, 2004, 02:03 PM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	That totally depends. A lot of eurepean equipment can handle NTSC DVD's or can convert them on the fly. But not everything. I don't have any numbers for you. If you want to be 100% safe make a PAL DVD. To the best of my knowledge there is no such thing as a SECAM DVD. The SECAM countries all use PAL DVD's. They might use a slightly different DVD player, but as long as your DVD's are PAL compliant they should work. Whether or not the risk of sending an NTSC DVD is worth it depends on what you are sending, to whom and why. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 29th, 2004, 05:19 AM	#3
Arnaldo Paixao Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vimeiro - Portugal Posts: 255	Played and seen, meaning: Most of the DVD players in Europe can play NTSC and PAL DVDs. A lot of TV sets cannot play both systems, that's the problem.