What you need to do is copy the disc to remove all region coding so the copy
becomes 'region-free'. Programs like DVDShrink (and many others) etc will do
this. Go to www.videohelp.com for all the help you need. Being in the UK
with a bit of luck like most PAL standard countries your DVD player and
quite possibly your TV will be NTSC/PAL capable.
Region coding is a market restricting device so USA is region 1 (of course!)
UK is Region 2 and Australia/South America are Region 4 (a strange combo of
countries!)
The other problem is technical standards, the US and a few other countries
are NTSC whilst the rest of the world is PAL. Most PAL countries like UK,
Europe, Australia have no problem playing NTSC material these days as most
new TV's are multi standard and certainly the vast majority of DVD players
have been NTSC/PAL capable for years.
On Sat, 26 May 2007 21:13:42 GMT, "Gary"
<Garyspam@spamasmailorder.com> wrote:
>You have confused region with TV format.
>Region is a prohibition of it playing NTSC is a TV system. Japan is region
>2 NTSC.
>so we need more info to specifically answer your question.
>What type of DVD is it. Home made or commercial.
>What DVD player do they have and what TV .
>the problems are not insurmountable but if we have that info than the answer
>may be simpler than you think.
>Gary
On Sun, 27 May 2007 00:24:23 GMT, "Stuart" <stuart€@whodunnit8.com>
wrote:
>What you need to do is copy the disc to remove all region coding so the copy
>becomes 'region-free'. Programs like DVDShrink (and many others) etc will do
>this. Go to www.videohelp.com for all the help you need. Being in the UK
>with a bit of luck like most PAL standard countries your DVD player and
>quite possibly your TV will be NTSC/PAL capable.
no problem however on re-reading some of the posts and yours I'm wondering
if you are confusing 2 different things? Region coding and TV systems ie PAL
versus NTSC? If I'm wrong just ignore the following...
To convert a NTSC format to PAL or visa versa is quite different to removing
or changing for that matter the region coding. You could for example make a
PAL DVD with Region 1 coding - a silly thing to do but you can do it.
As I mentioned those of us who live in PAL jurisdictions are a better off
than NTSC in that most recent gear is multi-format NTSC or PAL. The US is
such a big market and NTSC is the standard the need for PAL compatibility
doesn't make much commercial sense. In Europe and South East Asia it's a
different matter. If you *really* need to convert NTSC to PAL (after
removing region coding) repost with the subject "Convert NTSC DVD to PAL
DVD" or go to www.videohelp.com and post there.
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