[PRCo] Re: European Trams

[John F Bromley]

DVD has various systems (coding).  US-Canada is 1, forget what Europe is,
maybe 4.  They're not interchangeable but I hear from Eurofriends that
multi-system DVD players, like VCRs, are either now available or will be
soon.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Josephson" <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:35 PM
Subject: [PRCo] European Trams


>
> It's funny how those European systems grow on you after viewing them (or
in some
> members' cases, visiting them.) That Milan shot from Bob sure looked like
downtown
> Pittsburgh. (Back on topic.)
>
> Carl noted in a couple of his tapes that one of the interurbans in Belgium
was
> reminiscent of some Pennsylvania trolley lines.
>
> I do wonder if the DVD format and the arrival of HDTV will eventually
allow direct
> purchase and usage of CDs for viewing.
>
> I wonder how many tapes Carl will need to cover Philadelphia or NYC (if he
intends
> to cover those systems)?
>
> K.
>
> Fred Schneider wrote:
>
> > For those of you who are unfamiliar with John's initials "PAL," it is
the
> > European standard for video tapes.  NTSC tapes sold in the United States
cannot
> > be played on PAL VCR/TVs and vice versa.
>
>