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From: OLE@SRI-NIC.ARPA (Ole Jorgen Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: PAL <--> NTSC videotape transfer
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Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 11:10:28 EST
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No, you cannot "tape [or] play PAL on an NTSC VCR". There is a
*modified* NTSC VHS machine, the "Instant Replay" (cf. MRC) that will
give semi-acceptable *playback only* results with a PAL tape on an
NTSC TV. It is also not at all clear that you can take a NTSC VCR/NTSC
TV to Europe and operate it happily (with a 220/110 transformer), due
to possible interference caused by the difference in power frequency.
(50 Hz Europe vis 60 Hz US). Multi standard VCR's and TV's do not suffer
from this problem as they generate their own synch from scrath and are
immune to mains interference. (This may or may not be the case with made-
for-US equipment, but I wouldn't count on it working perfectly).

So, the crux of it is that you definitely need a multi-std combo, that is
both a VCR and a TV. The Sony setup (Betamax and TV) is $1700 here is the
US. Check out export stores for the VHS equivalent.

Ole



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