[muglo] Re: PAL to VHS [OT]
- From: Gerhard Kuhn <gerhardk@xxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:52:49 -0400
Buy a cheap dvd player as they will often play both formats although they don't
advertise the fact on the box. So if possible take your PAL format disk along
and try playing it in player until you find one that works.
Gerhard
On Thursday, June 29, 2006, at 10:44AM, Paul Thomas <paul_thomas@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Then the next question would be: if I get a PAL format tape from UK,
>can I get it copied to a DVD in London so that it will run on a N
>American DVD player, as I understand that N A and UK DVD s are not the
>same? - we didn't have these problems with the old fashioned vinyls
>(sp?)
>
>Paul
>
>On Jun 29, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Eric Dunbar wrote:
>
>> On 28/06/06, Paul Thomas <paul_thomas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I know that this is Off Topic (hence the [OT]), but does anyone know
>>> if
>>> it is possible in London to have a PAL format VCR tape copied to VHS
>>> format and, if so, what is the cost? Or is it cheaper to get a PAL
>>> VCR
>>> player?
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>> I'd argue this is on topic ;-)
>>
>> One other option is to have the PAL VHS video copied to DVD. That way
>> you
>> don't have to worry about keeping a VCR player around in the future
>> and you
>> could copy the signal back to VHS at will.
>>
>> PS You're thinking NTSC... VHS merely refers to the tape format.
>>
>> Just learned a whole lot about NTSC, and PAL/SECAM...
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SECAM
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL
>>
>> (the differences are becoming less important anyway as digital takes
>> over...
>> the TV we had in Britain was perfectly happy accepting NTSC input as
>> well
>> (though, as expected, PAL displayed a higher quality image))
>>
>> Eric.
>>
>>
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