does region 2 dvds use PAL

[daniellearg]

i have had an inquiry whether region 2 dvds use the PAL system as in Australia not the NTSC system used in the USA

[trulyspecialgoodies]

Yes they do - I believe NTSC is Region 1. Region 2 is UK which is PAL like us here in Oz.

[dylan11235813]

I dont think the region encoding has much to do with PAL or NTSC, most TVs will diplay in both formats.  The disk has nothing to do with it.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Yes it is PAL, and for the U.K.

We are region 4 and PAL.

A lot of British release DVDs are region 2 and 4, if you look at the box, too 🙂

[dylan11235813]

Just to clarify PAL and NTSC are just different ways of displaying the information on a TV.  Who knows why there are two different formats, one may be better for some things. From memory PAL skips every second line and displays the second on the next run and NTSC goes all of them. So there a frequency difference but that is about it.

[bookmanx500]

It depends on what the country in each region has as its analogue TV system.

EG In region 2 UK - PAL, France - SEACAM,  Japan - NTSC ; Region 4 Australia - PAL, Mexico - NTSC.

Barrie

[digital*ghost]

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@dylan11235813 wrote:

Just to clarify PAL and NTSC are just different ways of displaying the information on a TV.  Who knows why there are two different formats, one may be better for some things. From memory PAL skips every second line and displays the second on the next run and NTSC goes all of them. So there a frequency difference but that is about it.

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It actually refers to the frame rate and resolution - NTSC is 30 FPS, PAL is 25 FPS, but then NTSC displays 525 lines of resolution, while PAL produces 625. For the average person, the difference between the two isn't really discernible. Part of the reason for the difference is electrical, as different countries generate electricity at different hertz, affecting the FPS).

[howie696]

NTSC was the early american system it had a problem where colours would change depending on the phase of the signal, that is why American TV's had a HUE knob so you could correct the colour manually, It was jokingly known as Never Twice the Same Colour

PAL solved the colour issue by using an alternating phase the initials stand for Phase Alternating Line

now I feel very old 🙂

[gec2002]

Your buyer should also be aware that region 2 DVDs will not play on other region DVD players eg Australia which is region 4 unless the DVD player they are using is either region 2 or multi-region enabled.  This applies regardless of PAL or NTSC.

[davewil1964]

or you use a computer