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>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:28:35 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5725.4 multi-standard dvd players (!)

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I noticed the messages about converting PAL/SECAM to NTSC. 
Aside from the copyright issues--note that these standards offer a
BETTER-looking video than NTSC, while the copy is relatively blurred and
colorless.
   We have a machine that will do a "good" job of conversion but I really
try to discourage instructors from buying foreign-standard tapes with this
in mind, because the results are so poor. I took over the media library last
year and was faced with a dozen PAL videos that had been purchased and
converted; I ditched the copies after examining them and shelved the
originals, with the idea that if someone wants to show or see the movie they
want to see a good copy. Of course, some people don't care about the loss of
quality and just want to be able to watch it at home and show it in the
classroom.
    My justification is that (1) instructors can preview the film in the
language lab, which has a really nice publicly-accessible mutli-standard
setup. They can cue the film up in the media library if they need to. (2)
They can show the video using a multi-standard player and a projector, which
they can get from the equipment room. The results are spectacular. I
STRONGLY recommend using the originals with a projector! It's a bother but
definitely worth doing. The projector gets around the trouble of using a
multi-standard monitor.

Judy Shoaf
University of Florida

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