OT: Brazil TV Standard

NickHope wrote on 9/2/2005, 12:18 PM
I've got a DVD order from Brazil.

These TV standards charts say that Brazil uses a special PAL M standard

Quote: "Brazil uses a format different from the others. It is not compatible with regular PAL tapes. NTSC tapes however are reported to work with some distortion, including a black and white only picture."

1. Can anyone confirm that a regular PAL DVD will likely not play correctly in Brazil?

2. Can anyone confirm that an NTSC DVD should play OK on a typical Brazilian TV?

I'd rather send PAL if it works as the original footage is PAL.

Thanks!

Nick

Comments

JackW wrote on 9/2/2005, 4:30 PM
Hi NIck:

According to what I've found, Brazil uses PAL-M, "a broadcast standard with 525 lines and 60 fields per second" (http://www.extron.com/technology/glossary.asp?id=P) , a statement confirmed at www.dvd-replica.com/DVD/palnations.php.

Everyone elses PAL seems to be 525/50fps

No information regarding being able to play NTSC, but it would seem doubtful.

Jack
farss wrote on 9/2/2005, 6:40 PM
Just checking my chart of world TV standards and they're the ONLY country that uses that. Still this realtes more to transmission standards that what their TVs and DVD players are doing. I'd suspect PAL DVDs will be fine.
Bob.

/edit/
This might help:
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/15350.html

I suspect either a PAL ot NTSC DVD would work.
NickHope wrote on 9/2/2005, 10:20 PM
Thanks for those replies guys.

The customer seems to know what he's talking about and has requested NTSC.
rs170a wrote on 9/3/2005, 3:24 AM
Nick, the following comes from a (Brazilian) poster on another list I subscribe to. HTH.

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PAL-M is a mix of PAL and NTSC, it takes the 720x486 resolution from NTSC and
the color system from PAL. Now-a-days PAL-M is used only for broadcast transmission, productions are all done in NTSC and transcoded when going on air. Every VHS and DVD player here plays NTSC tapes and disks with no distortions and, of course, in colors. But they will not play plain European PAL at all, due to the different resolutions, frame rates and frequencies (50Hz x 60Hz). Actually all DVDs played here are NTSC, so send NTSC DVDs and you'll be fine.
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Mike