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From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Converting to NTSC from PAL
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Date: 28 Jan 91 20:08:20 GMT
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>How difficult would it be to modify an old VCR to play and record tapes in the
>PAL format?

Damned near impossible.  It would be the electronic equivalent of jacking up
the radiator cap and sliding a new car underneath.

You'd be better off just getting a PAL (or multi-mode) VCR and TV.  (Note
that the line rate, etc., aren't compatible with U.S. TVs, either, so just
a PAL VCR isn't going to make you any better off than you are now.



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