--- Forwarded Message from Pat Miller <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:38:23 -0700
>From: Pat Miller <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum     <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5725.3 multi-standard dvd players (!)
>References: <[log in to unmask]>

------------------
Judy,

I generally have to transfer everything from a Pal.SECAM format to the NTSC in order to have it work.  Quality is sometime compromised.  The convereter I am currently using is the Panasonic AGW1.

Good luck.

Pat Miller

LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
> >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 16:03:20 -0500
> >From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: #5725 multi-standard dvd players
>
> ------------------
> 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.
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 09/26/00 02:51PM >>>
> --- Forwarded Message from Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
> >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