Planet Earth: $30 extra for stupid Americans?

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Originally Posted by katiesue

PAL and NTSC are for analog brodcasts. PAL has more lines in the TV than a NTSC one does - which is why they're incompatiable. I knew that TV Broadcasting class would come in handy someday.

HDTV seems to be it's own standard. At least from what I can figure out from wikipidiea.

I thought it was also refresh rates... Pal refreshing at a different rate than NTSC (then again my intro book talked about the future going into digital and was made in the early 90s...)

I love region 0 DVDs... Esp when a friend makes them so your favorite British shows are set on 0 and let the DVD player set it for you... (I get the region 1 DVDs later...)

I don't get why discovery used all that B-roll then redid narration and edited scenes... seems more expensive than using direct BBC shows.