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Article #14288Re: PAL / NTSC conversions in VCRs.
From: H}kan Lennest}l
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 06:33
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 06:33
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Bjorn.B.Larsen@delab.sintef.no (Bjorn B. Larsen) writes: > Usually, at least as far as I have observed, a VCR capable of playing both > NTSC and PAL has one NTSC part and one PAL part. That is: To view a PAL > cassette, you need the player *and* a PAL compatible monitor. To view an > NTSC cassette you need the player *and* an NTSC compatible monitor. > > I just went through this some months ago when I had an NTSC cassette and > wanted to play it throug a video projector. It worked out fine when I got > the right player (could read PAL,NTSC,SECAM) and video projector. > > Bjorn Many of the recent PAL/NTSC compatible videos I know of here in europe does always output the color information in PAL. When a NTSC casette is played the monitor receives 60 Hz/525 lines and otherwise 50 Hz/625 lines. Most of the newer (1-2 years old) PAL TVs/Monitors will synchronize on either. o /Hakan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!loke!lulea.telesoft.se!hakanl From: hakanl@lulea.telesoft.se (H}kan Lennest}l) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: PAL / NTSC conversions in VCRs. Message-ID: <3676@lulea.telesoft.se> Date: 17 Jun 91 06:33:05 GMT References: <BJORN.B.LARSEN.91Jun12141645@engels.delab.sintef.no> Organization: Telesoft AB, Lulea, Sweden Lines: 20