Re: this is a first...

The link is a fairly good article on the whole region/standard issue. It
should explain most of it.

www.diabolikdvd.com/regionfree.htm

Tony Finan
"I fix things, like cars, people, horse races."
Philcon 2003 - Media Operations www.philcon.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jared Hilal" <jlhilal@yahoo.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: this is a first...

>
>
> --- Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@webone.com.au> wrote:
> > In Australia, we're in region 4, along with Brazil, Argentina
> > etc. I'm sure there's some logic there, but I don't know what
> > it is.
> >
>
> The regions are a combination of factors.  The two primary ones are
> language(s) and video standards.
>
> Region 1 (US, Canada, Mexico) use NTSC video signal and have English,
> French and Spanish on most discs.
>
> UK uses (I think) PAL video.
>
> I think Japan has a seperate (3rd) video standard.
>
> I am not sure about continental europe, SA, Australia, NZ, etc.
>
> J
>