Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!telecom-request From: kddlab!lkbreth.foretune.co.jp!trebor@uunet.uu.net (Robert J Woodhead) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Conversion of TV Transmission Standards Message-ID: Date: 28 Mar 91 02:32:51 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd. Tokyo Japan Lines: 19 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 251, Message 1 of 11 steff@cernvax.cern.ch (morten steffensen) writes: > My question: Does there exist a commercial "plug-in-and-play" > converter box between these different signals. What would be the best > for her to do? Re-export the TV and the video? There are international VCR's that do what you want. The Akihabara in Tokyo is lousy with them, as they are a big hit with tourists. These VCRs can play PAL, SECAM and NTSC VHS tapes, and also have tuners that can pick up all the formats. They have an internal converter and, I THINK, can drive a PAL, SECAM or NTSC tv or monitor. One I saw recently has a front panel bevel with a map of the world on it, with lots of little flags. You just press the flag of the country you are in to reconfigure the VCR. Robert J. Woodhead, Biar Games / AnimEigo, Incs. trebor@foretune.co.jp