Mark wrote:
*> In Australia, and undoubtedly Europe too, we have Video's that can play
*> both NTSC and PAL on PAL televisions (some interpolation is done to
*> fill the gaps in the line numbers) - these aren't expensive either.
*> Can youg get these in the US?
Lazlo wrote:
*You can, and in fact any place that's only charging $25 to convert a 2-hour
*tape is probably using one to do the conversion. They aren't cheap though,
*and tend to be specialty items.
I think you are talking about different things here. Mark probably means
transcoding VCRs that make either pseudo PAL or pseudo NTSC (depending on
which system you're using) of the original signal. This signal can be handled
and displayed by most modern TV sets as if it was true PAL or NTSC, but
it cannot be copied to another VCR as true PAL or NTSC (it has got something
to do with meddling with the TV's AGC circuitry I believe).
Anyway, Lazlo probably means inexpensive true converters such as the Panasonic
(or National) NV-W1 that can do conversions from any standard to any standard
and copy them too. It can also handle the hi-fi stereo audio tracks from
any standard, something which the pseudo-coding machines usually cannot handle.
And as a last note, I'd like to point out that the standards conversion done
with NV-W1 is nothing spectacular but quite usable for music video trades
(especially if you're converting from PAL to NTSC). I hope that helps.
cheers,
samu
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