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TyleRomeo
Apr 21, 2004, 02:17 PM
do the pioneer A04s superdrives play PAL DVDs burned in DVD Studio Pro in the US? Or even commercial PAL DVDs?

Tyler


outcastpariah
Apr 21, 2004, 02:34 PM
I thought that dvd rom drives for any computer coupled with pretty much any software bundle would be able to decode PAL and NTSC videos.
jaw04005
Apr 21, 2004, 03:12 PM
do the pioneer A04s superdrives play PAL DVDs burned in DVD Studio Pro in the US? Or even commercial PAL DVDs?

Tyler

Yes they do. I have not ran into any mac DVD drives that will not play PAL. However, PAL video does not look as smooth and crisp as NTSC----at least not on my Powerbook 12"
7on
Apr 21, 2004, 08:58 PM
As long as the PAL DVD is region 0 or 1 (if you're USA)
TyleRomeo
Apr 22, 2004, 08:34 AM
sweet thanks guys. makes sense cuase otherwise how could you test a PAL dvd with dvd studio pro. I guess it then varies with physical DVD players if they can play both NTSC and PAL

Tyler