Today in my college paper someone wrote an editorial proclaiming that region coded DVDs were on their way out. He mentioned an increase in region 0 or region free discs being released (I haven't seen ...

No, the disc are indeed PAL and NTSC. SECAM users essentially get PAL discs, and their players make the necessary changes for their format.<P>Your best bet to play these discs may be to hack your PC's ...

The growing popularity and availability of high-definition television (HDTV) is creating a small revolution in the video industry. New video systems must be capable of handling the standard National ...

This circuit is able to identify PAL and NTSC video signals. Its output is high for an NTSC signal and low if the signal is PAL. This output signal can be used, for example, to automatically switch in ...