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From article <ADNAN.89May25222752@sgtech.UUCP>, by adnan@sgtech.UUCP (Adnan Yaqub):
>   Will a TV and VCR designed for 60 Hz work at 50?
> 
Yes, so long as you do not try to use it to RECEIVE british programming or
play British tapes.  It will reproduce playback images just fine.  The
speed of the videotape is determined by servo circuitry, which runs on dc.
The only problems that have been encountered is that the CLOCKS on some of
the older machines ran slow.

HOWEVER, in addition to taking the line freq into account, you should be
using an ADEQUATE step down transformer.  Select one that is OVER RATED for
the load, because it will run slightly hotter at a lower frequency.  I have
a friend in Hamburg with whom I have been exchanging personal videotapes
for ten years now.  He purchased a fairly hefty step down transformer in
Czechoslovakia, which he uses to run a lot of NTSC video equipment.  The 50
hz situation has never caused any problem.


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