Regionfree Dvd Players In Greece

Writen by John Dulaney

When movie studios wanted to control the time and place of video release around the world, they came up with the region codes for the world. This was because their theater releases are not simultaneous throughout the world. The movie studios also sell "rights to distribuite" to various foreign distributors for their movies and would like to ensure the market is exclusive for a certain period of time. The easy availability of movies on DVDs along with their high quality were major reasons the DVD and DVD player coding was considered essential. This way it was possible to ensure that the DVD players in one particular region would not be able to play back discs from another country.

The whole world has been divided into six area codes, with Region 1 being U.S., Canada, and U.S. Territories, Region 2 having Europe, South Africa, Japan and theMiddle East. Greece is also part of this region. Region 3 composes Southeast Asia and East Asia, while Region 4 has Australia, Central America, South America and Mexico. Region 5 encompasses Eastern Europe, India, North Korea, and Africa, while Region 6 has China.

DVD Standards in Greece

In Greece (Region 2), the DVDs and DVD players sold locally would have the code "two" or number "2" on them. The region code is usually marked on the back of the individual DVD packages as a regional coding logo of a globe with the region number superimposed over it. Or, it can also be specifically spelled out, as in "Region 2," meaning that the disc will play only in the Region 2 DVD players and not any other region player.

Greece has the PAL standard for DVDs and televisions manufactured locally. The PAL (Phase Alternating Line) standard was released during the 1960s and was put into affect in most of the European countries. The PAL standard uses a more broad channel bandwidth than NTSC, allowing for better quality of picture. PAL runs with 625 lines/frame. If a DVD player from another region, formatted in NTSC mode, was to be used with a PAL format disc, it would not play back, since the PAL and NTSC formats are mutually incompatible.

DVD Compatibility Made Possible for Greece and Other Regions

The regionfree DVD players are designed to play any DVD irrespective of its region code. The codefree DVD players were also equipped to convert the NTSC to PAL and PAL to NTSC formats for incompatible DVDs. The DVD players are modified with a chip set to override the code restriction, or else it is designed to be able to switch region codes to match that of the DVD's. The PAL and NTSC standards on the DVD player can be switched with a mere flick of the remote to the required mode.

Voltage Barriers for Greece and other Countries

In Greece, the electric current is supplied at 220 volts AC and at 50 Hz. frequency. If a DVD player from Region 1, for example the U.S., having a 110 volt specification had to be used in Greece, it would get damaged by the voltage surge. However, the new age region free DVD players are equipped to handle these voltage disparirtes by an in-built dual voltage system.

The region coded DVD players are available in the electronic shops and supermarkets in Greece, but the players might have to be specially ordered. The Internet provides a wide range of Web sites that offer attractive price ranges and a whole variety of features to choose from.

There are several leading brands in the markets of Greece, that sell both region-coded and region free DVD players. The PAL only and PAL – NTSC standard DVD players are also available in well known brands like Toshiba, Pioneer, Samsung, Philips, Denon, and many others. The pricing for these DVD players varies widely between $80 to $800, based on the type of features available, brands, and utility.

With a regionfree DVD player, travelers can now watch their favorite movies while vacationing in Greece or any country around the world!

Where to get REGION FREE DVD players/recorders. To prevent the latest movies from reaching countries where a film has not reached theaters yet, Hollywood studios imposed a block. This regional coding is a digital flag on the disc that tells the DVD player where a particular DVD comes from. This is supposed to prevent the disc from being used by an incompatible player in another country. A normal DVD player can only play discs designated for the player's own particular region. However, a codefree DVD player is a capable of playing DVD discs from anywhere around the world. A codefree DVD player can play DVD discs from all 6 regions and both standards, PAL and NTSC. That's every DVD movie on earth! PAL-NTSC 110-220 volts DVD/VCR Combos for use worldwide. CODEFREE DVD / PAL-NTSC VCR combos and MULTISTANDARD VCRs will play 100% all known DVD discs including FRENCH DVDs. You can buy region free and region free converting DVD players and region free DVD recorders from http://www.mindlogic.com in California. They give you a LIFETIME Warranty and ship worldwide. Tel.800-514-2984 or tel. 925-686-9945

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Understanding Digital Video

Writen by NamSing Then

Digital Videos (DV) capture images on CCD – Charge Coupled Devices but store them in a high-quality, endlessly reproducible, easily edited, digital format. Currently the most commonly device for capturing videos is the Digital Camcorder.

The quality of the digital video is far superior to the analog counterpart. The images are sharper and the color is richer and more accurate, at least twice as good as the older VHS and almost identical to broadcast quality video as DV uses component color sampling to hold thrice the color information as a conventional analog VHS and S-VHS video.

Time Base Correction stabilizes the picture thereby virtually eliminating video jitters. Error Correction fills in missing video data and provides seamless, professional-looking video.

In a digital camcorder one can instantly change between video capture or playback mode without disturbing any of the other elements and can instantly review the quality of the captured video.

Editing video is greatly simplified because the video can be transferred directly from the camcorder to the computer without conversion using what is called as Firewire connection. It can then be digitally edited on-line and again copied back to a digital tape. Not only it is quick and easy, there is no loss of image quality as there is in the analog world while copying and transferring. In fact, copies of digital videos and copies of copies are still as sharp as the original. Once stored on the computer, you can also easily send short clips as e-mail attachments or post them on Web sites.

Digital videos have audio that's CD quality, presently the best rated.

There is a convergence between digital still cameras and digital camcorders. Many of the new digital still cameras can capture short video segments and similarly camcorders can also capture digital stills.

DV cameras are smaller than other camera of other formats, with some even slipping into a shirt pocket. DV camcorders store upto ninety minutes of digital video on small DV cartridges, which are a bit expensive. Another feature of these DV's is that images can be stored not only on digital videocassettes but also on MultiMediaCards known as Flash Cards and the images can be transferred between the two easily.

In its digital mode it stores in excess of 700 still images at 640 x 480 resolution in JPEG format in either of two quality modes. High Resolution mode will store approximately 60 printable images and Standard mode will store 105 images appropriate for email attachments. There are also zoom facilities available, which are normally 10x optical zoom and 40x digital zoom and are backed with an image stabilization system.

NamSing Then is a regular article contributor on many topics. Visit his other websites at Digital Video Resources, Digital Disc Recorder and Digital Camcorder

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