Members BLAblablah Posted June 24, 2006 Members Share Posted June 24, 2006 I have a question about whether or not DVD-R's are region encoded. Specifically, if I burn a DVD here in the US (Region-1 NTSC), and send it to someone in Japan (Region-2 NTSC), will they be able to play it? This is for some old HI-8 footage that I want to send to my former exchange student. Just want to make certain before I go to the trouble of authoring the DVD.Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted June 24, 2006 Members Share Posted June 24, 2006 This is a great reource:http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html Region codes don't apply to DVD-Audio, DVD-ROM, or recordable DVD [excerpted]In general, region codes don't apply to recordable DVDs. A DVD that you make on a PC with a DVD burner or in a home DVD video recorder will play in all regions (but don't forget NTSC vs. PAL differences, see 1.19). Region codes do not apply to DVD-Audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLAblablah Posted June 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 24, 2006 Great! It should work fine then, since Japan is NTSC just like the US. Thanks Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted June 24, 2006 Members Share Posted June 24, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntsc Variants of NTSCUnlike PAL, with its many varied underlying broadcast television systems in use throughout the world, NTSC color encoding is invariably used with broadcast system M, giving NTSC-M. The United Kingdom once contemplated introducing a 405-line NTSC-A system on top of its old black-and-white television system, but the proposal was eventually scrapped in favor of the incompatible PAL-I. Only Japan's variant "NTSC-J" is very slightly different: in Japan, black level and blanking level of the signal are identical (at 0 IRE), as they are in PAL, while in American NTSC, black level is slightly higher (7.5 IRE) than blanking level. Since the difference is quite small, a slight turn of the brightness knob is all that is required to enjoy the "other" variant of NTSC on any set as it is supposed to be; most watchers might not even notice the difference in the first place.The Brazilian PAL-M system uses the same broadcast bandwidth, frame rate, and number of lines as NTSC, but using PAL encoding. It is therefore NTSC-compatible in sources such as video cassettes and DVDs, but its color picture cannot be received on a standard NTSC television set.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted June 24, 2006 Members Share Posted June 24, 2006 I'm sure Japan is Pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted June 24, 2006 Members Share Posted June 24, 2006 no. It's NTSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLAblablah Posted June 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by spokenward no. It's NTSC Yes...we used too swap VHS and HI-8 tapes back and forth with our Japanese exchange student's family back in the 90's. I just wasn't sure if it would work with a DVD-R because of the movie industry's wonderful idea of "Region Coding" DVD films. Glad to know it doesn't apply do DVD+-R burners. Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ara Ajizian Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Region coding is different from NTSC/PAL. If you use the right software to copy the disc, you should be able to remove any region coding so that it will play on any DVD player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joel Oporto Posted June 26, 2006 Members Share Posted June 26, 2006 japan is ntsc Region settings are made through the authoring softwares. If no region settings are set, then the written DVDs will be region-free and will play in any region setting. Your written DVDs will work fine in japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 What is really funny is that when -here, in Mexico or all Latin America- we find something VERY local... or bad quality when compared to something from the US or Europe... we say " it is Region 4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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