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From: george_bain@playstation.sony.com (George Bain)
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Subject: Re: Import Gaming
Date: 18 Mar 1999 14:34:34 GMT
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Hi Mark,

I'll give my 2 cents worth...

First of all I think SCE would be liable if someone's t.v was to get
damaged by switching modes.  It's one in a million but it could 
happen....  

When games are released in Japan and later in Europe it's more
then a simple "SetVideMode(MODE_PAL)" that has to be changed.  
Lots of work has to go into issues such as animation timing, 
FMV timing, frame buffer issues, marketing, disc duplication, etc...

George

In article <36F108B2.95EDF900@reading.ac.uk>, Mark.Green@reading.ac.uk says...
>  This is just begging the question, though.  *Why* isn't it allowed?
>I can't easily think of any hardware that would be seriously damaged if
>somebody selected it while not knowing what they were doing.  Well,
>projection screens might have a problem, but people who use projection
>screens really ought to know what NTSC and PAL are. :)
>  If it would be permitted in pro releases the benefits to European or
>at least UK customers would be considerable.