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Title: is there such a thing as a pal dvd ?
Post by: lord dolf vader on August 29, 2002, 11:31:31 AM

had a fellow at work claim there were pal dvds( as opposed to ntsc)  .  i googled and it seems that their may be. can anyone clarify if so? i thought all dvds followed the same standard.

and i dont mean region cd's  i know what that means.

Title: is there such a thing as a pal dvd ?
Post by: sshh on August 29, 2002, 01:41:32 PM

Yes. And those PAL DVDs are always shorter than NTSC :p They use different way to transfer movie from the film to digital. In NTSC you have same movie length in minutes and in PAL its a bit less. I guess they just accelerate the soundtrack to match the video. See an example here http://www.dvdscan.com/amelie.htm