--- Forwarded Message from David Herren <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:21:57 -0500
>Subject: Re: #701 SECAM DVD, is there such a beast?
>From: David Herren <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>

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There are no SECAM DVDs, only PAL and NTSC, plus of course the disc 
regions.


On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 03:09  PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:

> We've just purchased a DAEWOO DVD-5800 Mutli-Region DVD Player with 
> PAL conversion and are finally able to watch some DVDs a professor 
> purchased in Spain a few years back. However, before I announce on our 
> faculty listserv that professors can now bring back DVDs from their 
> overseas adventures, I'd like to know if there is such a thing as a 
> SECAM DVD? The player I bought does PAL conversion, but the 
> documentation does not mention SECAM, and I've not been able to 
> confirm the existence of SECAM DVDs after running a few Google 
> searches. Was European integration not supposed to gradually eliminate 
> the SECAM standard? Are French DVDs PAL format or are they still > SECAM?

/david

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