Are PAL versions even necessary in this day...

[rmckoen]

I have two clients inquiring about PAL versions and wondering if NTSC will play fine in Europe. One client wants to send his stuff to England and the other to Croatia. I know that Europe is PAL but what is the latest news on cross platform playing...

thanks

rob

[AndrewMSV]

I have two clients inquiring about PAL versions and wondering if NTSC will play fine in Europe. One client wants to send his stuff to England and the other to Croatia. I know that Europe is PAL but what is the latest news on cross platform playing...

thanks

rob

I would venture to say that if you do NOT encode in PAL format, 80-90% of the "PAL Population" will still be able to watch the disc.

I have no hard facts to back this, but I'll bet it's true.
In other words, it's probably NOT completely essential and one could probably fudge it a little. However, if this is a paying customer you are talking about, I'd go ahead and play it on the safe side.

Cheers!

[kirklandvideo]

It's definitely true here in Australia and I see no reason it wouldn't be in Europe as well. It's probably been ten years or more since anyone made PAL equipment that couldn't down-grade to NTSC if required.

[Theo]

Moin!

If you send your stuff on DVD, I don't think there's any problem. I used both (PAL/NTSC) on my DVD-Player an it works on my TV (PAL naturally).
I don't know, but I think in France they always use SECAM, but that's not your problem, isn't it?

Theo

[rmckoen]

Moin!

If you send your stuff on DVD, I don't think there's any problem. I used both (PAL/NTSC) on my DVD-Player an it works on my TV (PAL naturally).
I don't know, but I think in France they always use SECAM, but that's not your problem, isn't it?

Theo


It's not my problem yet but in the last week I have had clients inquire about England, Ireland, Kenya, and Croatia and playing of dvd's. Havent ever had that kind of inquiries. But I'll got with the idea that NTSC will work.

thanks

rob