Nah, the military government collapsed in the 80s. Democracy at least is an aim here now, people usually donīt get in much trouble for being outspoken. Of course gettign attention is an entirely different matter, but i suppose itīs the same in other places. Sepultura was never very big here, if they donīt live here (i donīt know) itīs probably their public is mostly in other countries. About the tv system, in the end itīs all about money, behind every weird decision thereīs someone getting rich. Your comparison to region codes on the previous message was pretty accurate. Now the ībeing corrupted by Zappaī thing will never be a danger when no one even heard of him, sadly...
Gabriel On 5/18/05, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its probably a political/isolationist thing. They just don't want you > getting corrupted by seeing rude and weird Zappa stuff...LOL. > I'm a bit geographically/world politics dumb, so apologies about my next > question. Is the government there still of a military origin? That would > explain a lot. military minds get paranoid about free thinking. Didn't > Sepultura have to make a run for it for being outspoken there? > Don't loose heart, the united kingdom aint as free as it makes out. You can > get sudden doses of bad employment luck if you speak out here! But then we > can watch a standard tv format so they are good to us really... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gabriel > To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] A Question of DVD formats > > Youīre pretty much right on most of it, Richard. About pal-m however, > itīs not compatible with european Pal because pal-m was developed here > by the military as a way of protecting the brazilian tv industry (or > so they thought, iīm simplifying the story a lot here). Itīs actually > a modification of pal, but weīre the only ones who use this format. > Nowadays most tvs here understand both pal-m and ntsc, but almost > every digital equipment around only work in ntsc, i think even tv > stations do all their stuff on ntsc and convert it only when they > broadcast. > Now guess what, the morons here want to do the same mistake again and > make our own digital tv system, instead of picking the same one most > people in the rest of the world will soon be using. Bah. > > Gabriel > > On 5/17/05, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am probably wrong, but I would say that M would probably be compatible > > with the UK PAL system. I have noticed on some old cordless home TV > > distribution systems, a switch which changes the PAL system transmitter > > between two different pal systems. To my recollection it didn't make a lot > > of difference, possibly the sound was different slightly, could be > mistaken > > there though. That was some years ago and auto sensing circuitry would > cover > > that issue now in even the cheapest DVD player. Most incompatibilities > these > > days are deliberately built in to make companies rich, not because they > are > > genuinely incompatible. Like region codes! > > The original reason that pal secam and ntsc exist is all down to when > > countries went colour and what technology was available, cos you couldn't > > keep asking your public to buy new compatibleTV's every time there was a > > breakthrough. Yet you wanted more reliable transmission systems. NTSC used > > to be known as Never The Same Colour twice by its PAL competitors. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gabriel > > To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] A Question of DVD formats > > > > Brazil uses its own format called Pal-m. Pretty stupid if you ask me. > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
