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From: jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly)
Newsgroups: net.analog,net.misc,net.tv
Subject: Re: TV & VCR standards
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Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 12:30:51 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 15 12:30:51 1986
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In article <395@packard.UUCP> aat@packard.UUCP (AA Triolo) writes:
>I too have a problem with US/European standards.
>We had our wedding ceremony and reception video taped (VHS).
>My wife has relatives in Norway who have a beta system.
>They had asked for us to copy our tape from VHS to beta
> ...
>My question is: first, is all of Europe on the same standard?

I don't know about Beta format, but we recorded some tapes on our VHS
machine (both from TV and with our camera), and they work fine on our
friends' machines in the Netherlands.  So there's some compatibility
between US and Netherlands in VHS, anyway.
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        Jim Gillogly
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