Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Nick Ferguson Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Sony Trinitron (was Re: PAL -> NTSC? ) Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 17:00:29 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3569959D.378@saqnet.co.uk> References: <35609566.307AC@netmagic.net> <6js8ot$4p3@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <3561BAA0.215@livemedia.co.uk> <6jsh5g$4p11@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <3561D12A.4A6C@livemedia.co.uk> <356319FE.7A86@saqnet.co.uk> <3563E159.5E9@dma-design.com> Reply-To: nickf@saqnet.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: atl4-007.publab.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) Brian Baird wrote: > > Sega released the Saturn without an RF lead in the box. They claimed > that "most" console users now have SCART TVs. They were wrong - people > had to spend an extra £25 on an 'official' RF unit & people got *very* > annoyed - me included. Fair enough. But really £25 for an official RF cable is a complete rip-off. If they'd made it available for a more reasonable fiver or so..? Or, even better, Sega could do what they do in Asia and give people a choice of what cable you get with it. Wow, what a good idea. Except that the average British "consumer" (or their mum, more likely) would probably not know what cable to get. Aaargh! > NTSC vs PAL is also used to control releases & to allow companies to > 'maximise' their money. If you could pay £30 for a US game instead of > £50 for the UK version, what do you buy? I *do* buy the US versions :-) God knows, I'll probably be stupid and buy a Japanese "Dreamcast" at Xmas, too :-) I don't know, I just wish the games companies made it easier to run games across TV standards. Which is a bit like saying I wish film companies would make their videos easier to copy, I suppose... Nick "not a pirate" F PS What's it like working at DMA? And, could you tell me anything about N64 Body Harvest as I've been looking forward to that one for yonks... :-)