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Old October 1st 03, 02:36 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Nick Cooper 625 Nick Cooper 625 is offline
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Default Any dvd's out about the london underground?

Martin wrote in message ...

There appear to be a few available in NTSC format at
http://www.eavb.co.uk/video/ybindex.html
This is a good site - http://www.transportdiversions.com/ but I dont know
quite what's available in NTSC. Could also have a look at the Ian Allan
online store at http://www.ianallansuperstore.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi but I
suspect their range will be similar. Mind you, if you've got a multizone DVD
player, a modern TV should be able to play both PAL and NTSC disks - at least
that's how it seems to work here in NZ.


The same applies here, but only because Region 2 includes counrtries
using both 625-line PAL (e.g. UK, most of Europe, South Africa) and
525-line NTSC (Japan). Similarly, Region 4 includes NZ & Australia on
625-line PAL , but also Central & South America, some of the countries
in which use 525-line NTSC or similar varients (e.g. Brazil with it's
bizarre 525-line PAL-M). Regions 3 & 5 include similar mixes, but
Region 1, covering the US & Canada, is NTSC only.

It is possible to buy multi-standard DVD players, VCRs and TV sets in
the US, but they are very much in the specialist sphere, and come at a
price premium. Consumers outside of the Region 1 area are usually a
lot more savvy when in comes to the differences in TV standards, but
those within - and especially those in the United States - are pretty
clueless. That not meant as a insult, simply that most yanks seem
genuinely surpirsed to discover that there is a difference!