Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Are the DVDs actually encoded for NTSC, PAL or whatever? I was under the impression the media is actually all the same digital size and it's the hard/soft/firmware in the DVD player that actually converts the digital images into the appropriate signal for your TV/display.
Yes -- there are NTSC and PAL DVDs. When I edit video, I output in a specific format, e.g. NTSC or PAL, and then burn to DVD. I've done this to convert PAL DVDs that my wife gets in China to NTSC.