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Japan is the same DVD region as the EU, but you can’t play EU DVDs because Japan players are NTSC instead of PAL in the EU.

Which is probably what the GP was referring to?



Conveniently, DVD players sold in PAL regions would often play NTSC too, although not the reverse.

I think decoding NTSC is a subset of what's required to decode PAL, if I remember my electronics classes well enough.

Or, searching around, it might be because region 2 DVD players had to support PAL, NTSC, 50Hz and 60Hz. Region 1 is only 60Hz NTSC.




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