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Old 29th Sep 2017, 8:30 pm   #3
ray4566
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Default Re: DVD Source Material 1950s

Thanks Paul,
This is the first time that I have needed to study DVD formats in more detail than just being a casual user.

After writing the original post I did find that some others on the forum have experienced the same problems (cannot re-find the thread though !).

So it's presently looking to me that these disks (published in 2011) were either:-

1/. Not intended for the UK Market and have come from abroad in which case they have been mis-sold (not too upset though as I only paid £10 and they will play on my main TV so I'll keep them).

or

2/. Intended for the UK Market on the assumption that consumers would (in 2011) be using a TV that can directly process and display 60Hz content or a player that will convert NTSC>PAL.

If it's 2/. I have naively thought that the content on the disk would have been converted to 625/50 PAL for our market.

Anyway, I think I can get hold of some Beverly Hillbillies DVD's that were definitely purchased from a UK shop so will re-test with those.
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