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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: PAL <--> NTSC videotape transfer
Message-ID: <569@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 12:13:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 12:13:20 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Mar-86 04:04:16 EST
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Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI
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In article <7883@watrose.UUCP> tohaapanen@watrose.UUCP (Tom Haapanen) writes:
>      I want to make tapes here in Canada (using the NTSC system) 
>and send them to Europe.  In order to watch them over there, can
>I use an NTSC television in Europe, hooked up to a VCR?  Naturally, 
>you'd switch between PAL and NTSC TV's when you wanted to watch North
>American tapes or tape European TV, but anyway...

Only if the VCR is NTSC.

>Will this work?  I'm thinking of taking a VCR and a NTSC colour TV
>to Europe from here, but both of these are made to work on 110V,
>60 Hz current.  The voltage change to 220V is no problem, but can
>I get them to run on 50 Hz?  Would there be any other problems?

Yes, now it will work.  (The first paragraph didn't say the VCR was NTSC)
The 50Hz should not be a problem.  It not used as any kind of timing reference.

When I was stationed in Scotland, one of the people I knew, watched PAL UHF
stuff on his Sony TV.  He could only watch it in B&W and he had to retune the
sound IF section to get the sound.  This will only work in a TV that has UHF
tuning via the old variable tuning knob method and have a vertical hold
control.  So, the NTSC and PAL formats are not that far apart.  You could
actually watch the output of a PAL VCR on a NTSC TV, using the direct video
out to direct TV video in.  It will only be B&W, but it will work.  The sound
is either sent through a stereo system or external audio in on the TV.
The PAL/NTSC scanning system is basically the same, so either TV will normally
lock on the other's sync.

>Thanks for any help!

You're welcome.
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