The DM is a PAL format camera the other is NTSC.

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

Are you sure?

These are for sale in the UK - and the XL-2 is more widely for sale than the DM version.

Also in the specifications, it quotes a 50i & 25p frame rate, where as the NTSC would be 60i & 24p (I believe according to this review... http://www.simplydv.co.uk/reviews/camcorders/canon/dv/canon-xl2-review.html)

Looks like you have more information about the two cameras than I do.

So what differences have you found? Are both of them NTSC? Is the DM a
PAL camera? Is the XL2 avalable in both PAL and NTSC but the DM only PAL?

I'd love to know what you found out.

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

Well I'm shopping in the UK, so I would imagine they are all PAL.

As far as I can see, they are one in the same. I've compared the specifications on numerous shops and they seem the same. Perhaps DM XL-2 is it's full title?

I couldn't see any difference visually or literally between the two!

I guess if all the spec's are the same then there is no difference.

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)