DVD Region/Format question
I have been looking for Lost Highway for a while now, and while checking out an Australian site, I found. However, while it supports regions 1-6, it is PAL enconded and the US uses NTSC. My question is this; is this difference something that can be handled in software on the PC? Can it play back both standards, or ...
I have been looking for "Lost Highway" for a while now, and while checking out an Australian site, I found it. However, while it supports regions 1-6, it is PAL enconded and the US uses NTSC. My question is this; is this difference something that can be handled in software on the PC? Can it play back both standards, or are you stuck with whatever version you initially bought for your area of the world (unless you have a dual version unit). I know that this is how it works in mainstream video equipment like TVs, VCRs, and the like, but I wanted to know if anyone has successfully used both on a PC.
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Depends on your DVD drive though, the drive itself is encoded to a region and unless its actually been unlocked it will be locked to region 1. It gives you 5 region changes though, including the first 1 to region 1.
You might wanna check that, if you go to device manager, look at the dvd drive properties and you can see the region settings in 1 of the tabs.
You might wanna check that, if you go to device manager, look at the dvd drive properties and you can see the region settings in 1 of the tabs.
www.amazon.com has it, both region 1 (authough not released) and import (ships in 24 hours). Surely that would be easier than going from an overseas site?
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I did mean distributor (actually, "retailer" would be more accurate) in my last post, and it would seem that the "import" that Amazon is showing is only the Canadian version which is Pan & Scan (which should be a crime). I am going to check out a few other vendors and see what they can do for me as well locally, but I am open to suggestions.
I get all mine from Play (www.play.com), and they do stock Lost Highway on region 2.
I can also confirm that the decoding is done in software and so you can play both NTSL and PAL DVDs on any drive (providing its unlocked).
--Cynan.
I can also confirm that the decoding is done in software and so you can play both NTSL and PAL DVDs on any drive (providing its unlocked).
--Cynan.
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I can also confirm that the decoding is done in software and so you can play both NTSL and PAL DVDs on any drive (providing its unlocked).
Uummm... maybe a little bit misleading...
As long as you watch the movie on your PC monitor there is no PAL or NTSC standard around to worry about.
If you want to connect your PC with DVD-player to a TV set to watch a movie, well then it is the TV-out signal from your videocard that determines which country standard the signal is. For example: a videocard bought in the US will work fine in Europe, but there is no way to get it to work with a European TV set.
H.
I can also confirm that the decoding is done in software and so you can play both NTSL and PAL DVDs on any drive (providing its unlocked).
Uummm... maybe a little bit misleading...
As long as you watch the movie on your PC monitor there is no PAL or NTSC standard around to worry about.
If you want to connect your PC with DVD-player to a TV set to watch a movie, well then it is the TV-out signal from your videocard that determines which country standard the signal is. For example: a videocard bought in the US will work fine in Europe, but there is no way to get it to work with a European TV set.
H.
