File spoon-archives/puptcrit.archive/puptcrit_1999/puptcrit.9912, message 49


Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 01:01:51 -0500
From: Gary Koepke <gkoepke-AT-mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: PAL videos


At 11:22 PM 12/4/99 -0500, Christopher Hudert wrote:
>
>Re: >Yes, there is indeed a problem running PAL format videos on US (NTSC)
>>vcr's. The video would have to be converted to NTSC format for your use.
>>However, this can be quite an expensive proposition.
>
> Don't know the pricing aspect but there are often video companies locally
>that are small outfits that will perform this service. You need not
>purchase or rent the equipment to do this.
>
>Christopher

I do this fairly frequently with a friend of mine from New Zealand.  It
costs me about $15 to have something converted from NTSC to PAL format to
send to him or from PAL to NTSC so I can view what he sends me.  Depending
on what you have or how often you need to do this it can be pricey.  I hear
that there are VCR's which can view either with the flip of a switch.  I
understand that the tape is the same on either; it's the way the material is
stored on the tape that changes.

Gary



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