Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: hsilbiger@attmail.att.com (Herman R Silbiger) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Conversion of TV Transmission Standards Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 00:48:32 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 18 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 262, Message 4 of 11 In article , kddlab!lkbreth.foretune. co.jp!trebor@uunet.uu.net (Robert J Woodhead) writes: > 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. The 47th Street Photo catalog shows several multi-standard VCRs, as well as multi-standard TV sets and camcorders, all at prices not much different from NTSC equipment. They also have multi-standard coffee makers. Herman Silbiger