I imagine it will be repeated on either More 4 or E4 pretty soon. I'm happy to DVD it if anyone wants it but I have no idea if DVD's recorded in the UK work in the US, can someone please let me know?

(I can record onto a DVD direct from my TV.)

The only way a DVD made in the UK would work in the US is if it was made NTSC, as the UK uses PAL video format. Most computers will allow that choice to be made if you process it that way.

Ken

I think I can change my DVD recorder to NTSC, I'll have to look, I wouldn't be recording it on a computer, I'd be doing it direct from the tv to a DVD recorder and I'm pretty sure it allows the choice of PAL or NTSC. I'll check that though. Thanks Ken.

Or convert to an avi or mpv format to play on a computer (we've all got computers here, haven't we?) and the broadcast format becomes moot.

Calmeilles, sorry, can you possibly clarify that for me (technological imbecile that I am!), does that mean that if I record the programme onto a DVD from my tv, in the normal way, then I could send it to someone in the US who could then convert it on their own computer?

Someone with appropriate software could indeed convert a TV type DVD's contents to files that can be played on a computer and so accessible to all of us.

The recipient might also be lucky and find that their DVD player is capable of showing a UK format recording.

Great, thanks a lot Calmeilles. In that case I shall scour the listings to see when, and if, they're planning to repeat it. I'll post if I find out when it's repeated and if I manage to DVD it ok. Thanks for the help.

if you know how to do it you can make a dvd which has a ntsc and pal recordings on it so it can play on almost any dvd player

I saw the documentary - thought it was very well presented.

Re: DVD's there is no difference between NTSC & PAL DVDS all are recorded the same - it is the players that play in correct format not the case with VHS.

The only problem might be region code, but i don't think it is used on your own recordings. Most computers can over come this.

The difference between PAL and NTSC DVD's are the color spaces, which is irrelevant if you just adjust it. Another difference is in simple software coding: is it PAL or not? Region codes, etc., are nothing more than software, which can be overcome on a PC with a program called DVD Region Free+CSS. It does not touch the firmware of the DVD drive, only tells the drive, "Yeah, go ahead and play it anyway." That's all region codes are, is digital locks. I had to convert Region 3 DVD to "free" NTSC at work the other day, and it wasn't hard to do.

You can even now buy region free players, and PAL/NTSC compatible machines that don't care what you stick in it.

As for Usenet or file sharing of movies, which is quite illegal by the way, that's the joy of the DivX codec. A movie of 4.7 GB in size on a DVD can be crunched down to 700MB, or 1.4 GB if you prefer, with only slight loss of quality and easily uploaded over a few hours to Usenet. Not that I condone this ... but DivX conversion would be the easiest way to "ship" the said program.

Sadly, I can't write up a tutorial, as IE can attest to. It took me a month of study to learn to rip DVD's into DivX.