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On 31/3/03 7:20 am, in article 3E87DE23.1E011E3E@die.spammers.die.com, "Ben
Thomas" <sickofspam@die.spammers.die.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I want to make a video, using my VHS video recorder in Australia,
> and send it to my Mum in England. In the past she has not been able
> to watch video tapes from Australia using a video player and TV in England.
> 
> In Australia we have a PAL TV system. Is England's TV system different?
> 
> She doesn't have a PC so I can't make a VCD. Could I send a mini DV tape
> over and get it converted to VHS in England? What would that cost?
> 
> Thanks heaps for any help.

VHS recordings made on any 625/50 PAL VHS machine should play on any other
625/50 VHS PAL VHS machine.  There should be no reason why recordings made
on an Australian VHS machine do not play back correctly on a UK one.  It
would be a good idea to make recordings in SP rather than LP mode - as older
VHS machines didn't support LP.

The only other reasons, apart from LP/SP issues, that could be causing a
problem is one machine being really out of alignment and not tracking
properly, or possibly the recording getting zapped by X-Rays - though I have
never heard of this actually happening...

Steve