SER1 Re: FIRST OVERLAND RE-LIVES!

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Ben Pooley wrote <<I hope it will be available for N. American system.>>

Ben, I'm acutely aware that potential sales are worldwide, and I mustn't
disappoint NTSC-area enthusiasts.  Trouble is, this is a grey area -
most PAL players and TVs will handle NTSC, but the other way round is
less common.  I've posted queries to world-wide video production
websites (and even bent Tom Bache's ear!), but I get back as many
opinions as answers.  It would seem that it's most likely that a modern
NTSC player will handle a PAL disc, but it's not guaranteed.  The older
the player, the more likely it is to give problems... but some people
have found it the other way round!  In theory all PCs should be able to
play DVDs of whatever system (and we're not talking about region codes
here - mine will be 'regionless').

One guy on the video production forum even took a commercial PAL DVD
into his local Wal-Mart for me, and tried it in a number of the machines
on display - he found that there was no correlation between manufacturer
or price of machine and its ability to handle PAL.

I'm facing the same problem with a trio of tourist souvenir videos of
the North York Moors on VHS that my late sheepdog starred in (don't
ask!) - I'm producing an omnibus 2-DVD set for Christmas, and will have
to solve the same dilemma.

What I'll probably do is get the mass duplication done in PAL, but get
an NTSC master made that I can burn to order for any customers who have
problems.

These things are never as simple as they seem!

Regards,
 
GRAEME ALDOUS
South Lane Farm, Moorsholm
SALTBURN, Yorkshire  TS12 3JE,  UK
Phone: +44(0)1287 660515  Fax: +44(0)1287 660255
www.teeafit.co.uk/sxf




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