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>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:02:30 -0400
>From: Jeff La Favre <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5725 multi-standard dvd players
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: John Carroll University
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Judi,

You might want to consider a video converter.  You can learn more about
them  at this URL http://www.world-import.com/info.htm#dvd-pal-to-ntsc

I don't have experience with these units myself but perhaps others on the
list have.

Jeff La Favre
Coordinator of the Language Learning Center
John Carroll University
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LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:25:57 -0700
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >From: Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: multi-standard dvd players
>
> Following up on a discussion from this time last year....
>
> After searching the archives and based on several recommendations
> therein, I purchased 3 Panasonic A300MU units, only to discover when
> they arrived that they require a PAL monitor in order to play PAL
> DVDs. Now, please help me understand this a little better before I
> ship these back.....
>
> For those of you that have purchased these units, is this true? I
> have faculty returning shortly from DVD-buying excursions in Europe,
> and I need to play these DVDs here on our video projectors and
> regular TV monitors. Do I have to worry about PAL/NTSC in addition to
> region codes?
>
> Help, and many thanks in advance!
>
> Judi
> Judi Franz, Director
> Humanities Instructional Resource Center
> 269 Humanities Hall
> University of California, Irvine
> (949) 824-6344
> http://www.humanities.uci.edu/hirc