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>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 08:43:01 -0500
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>From: Fernando Sanchez-Gutierrez <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5725.3 multi-standard dvd players (!)

here at ISU we use  a TenLab video converter. It's expensive but it comes
handy when you need to watch/convert PAL/SECAM tapes.

YOu can find more info at:
http://www.tenlab.com.

I'm sure you can also find other brands at:
http://www.world-import.com/home-2.htm

good luck,
fernando


>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 09:08:10 -0400 (EDT)
>From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5725.3 multi-standard dvd players (!)
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>--- Forwarded Message from "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 16:03:20 -0500
> >From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]>
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> >Subject: Re: #5725 multi-standard dvd players
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>While I don't know about the PAL requirement, most video projectors these
>days handle all video formats.  So if you're only going to a projector,
>that shouldn't be a problem.  If you're going to a TV/monitor, then it might.
>
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> >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:25:57 -0700
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> >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