No. NTSC (National Television Systems
Committee) is the video format used to record the disc.
The video format can either be NTSC or PAL (Phase
Alternation Line) and is independent of region
code. We will ignore SECAM (System Electronique
Couleur Avec Memoire), the french video format
for now.
A disc can
be recorded in any region with either format, so Region 2 discs
can be recorded in PAL or NTSC and Region 1 discs similarly
adaptable. Some DVD's have no region coding at all (generally
adult/anime/promo) and can be recorded in either video format and can
be played on any NTSC/PAL compatible player regardless of video
format.
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