[12248] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: DeCSS, crypto, law, and economics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete Chown)
Thu Jan 9 12:27:14 2003
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 10:18:33 +0000
From: Pete Chown <Pete.Chown@skygate.co.uk>
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
In-Reply-To: <1042001851.3306.7.camel@zontar.clueserver.org>
Alan wrote:
> Another argument for the regions is the differing formats for TV
> signals. (NTSC v.s. PAL.) It is a bogus argument as you can find DVD
> players that will convert the signal with little or no problem.
Actually my TV is happy with either. I always had the notion that I
wouldn't be able to play American videotapes, but then I tried it and it
works fine. So if I don't want to bother with region codes, the other
possibility is to buy films on video.
When I play region-1 DVDs, the player doesn't convert the signal. This
would introduce a slight judder because of the differing frame rates.
Instead the TV just acts like a multisync monitor, and adjusts to the
signal it is given.
(My TV is a middle of the road model, not the cheapest but nowhere near
the most expensive either.)
--
Pete
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