Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] personal DVD for Australia?

["Mark Rages" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 7/18/06, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> A friend has a DVD that she made here in the U.S. of her daughter ice
> skating.  She wants to send a copy to her family in Australia but
> Australia is "Zone 4" so we need to be sure that the DVD has the correct
> format for Australia.  I'm also not sure about NTSC v. PAL -- is that an
> issue for DVD or just for VHS?  Anyway, if you guys have a clue about
> this, let me know.  I have Nero, if that will help me any.  Another
> possibility is that the DVD, because it was home made, doesn't have any
> sort of "zone" built into it, but I really don't know much about that.

Home burned DVDs are not region encoded.  NTSC vs. PAL is an issue,
but many players will do the standards conversion for you.  Cheap
Chinese DVD players are most likely to have the conversion built-in.

Regards,
Mark
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