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"Ben Thomas" <sickofspam@die.spammers.die.com> wrote in message
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| 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?

Shouldn't be a problem, they use PAL over there as well.

-PV-

Ben Thomas 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.

It should work. The sound and vision are recorded exactly the same in both
countries on VHS decks. It's the reception and sound that are different
between the countries. We both use PAL so there isn't a problem. Certainly
tapes I get from the UK have no problem playing at at any time in Australia.

Oz

VHS should work.
you didn't use long play did you ?

--
Louis Solomon
www.SteelBytes.com


"Ben Thomas" <sickofspam@die.spammers.die.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
> --
> Ben Thomas
> Current car: silver manual Holden Astra SRi
> Dream car: black Lamborghini Diablo
>
> If you find yourself struggling with loneliness, you're not alone.
> And yet you are alone. So Very ALONE.

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:38:20 +1000, "OzDuDe" <ivsmith11@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>It should work. The sound and vision are recorded exactly the same in both
>countries on VHS decks. It's the reception and sound that are different
>between the countries. We both use PAL so there isn't a problem. Certainly
>tapes I get from the UK have no problem playing at at any time in Australia.

 Yes the tapes are compatible between the two countries.

 As noted the broadcasting standards are different between the two
countries.  This means that when I took one of those mini battery
operated TV sets to the UK it couldn't pick up British TV even though
it managed to pick up somewhat fuzzy reception from Holland.

 An identical mini battery operated TV set set for "UK standards"
received the UK broadcasts, but not the Dutch ones.

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

"Ben Thomas" <sickofspam@die.spammers.die.com> wrote in message
news:3E87DE23.1E011E3E@die.spammers.die.com...
> 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.

The tapes will play fine, but you'll have to turn your tv upside down ;)

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:20:19 +1000, Ben Thomas
<sickofspam@die.spammers.die.com> wrote:

>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.

She should be able to. The PAL VHS format is identical in England and
Australia and everywhere else that uses PAL, as anyone with imported
UK VHS tapes will tell you right away.

>In Australia we have a PAL TV system. Is England's TV system different?

Only in terms of the actual broadcast. PAL videotapes are identical
across all PAL territories. If you make her a PAL VHS tape, it *will*
work in England, as long as your mum isn't trying to use an Australian
VHS machine on a UK television via the RF output :-)


- Anthony

Anthony Horan wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:20:19 +1000, Ben Thomas
> <sickofspam@die.spammers.die.com> wrote:

<snip>

>>In Australia we have a PAL TV system. Is England's TV system different?
> Only in terms of the actual broadcast. PAL videotapes are identical
> across all PAL territories. If you make her a PAL VHS tape, it *will*
> work in England, as long as your mum isn't trying to use an Australian
> VHS machine on a UK television via the RF output :-)

Strangely enough (and as an added bonus)  - they'll work fine in Scotland, 
Wales, Ireland and the rest of the UK too.

<sigh> Why do people keep calling it England ? We lent them the monarch 
after all....</sigh>

-- 
+---+ 
| n | n-gate ltd.                       http://www.n-gate.net/
+---+ 

I have numerous VHS tapes that I recorded in the UK - the sound is a 
little sibulant but they play fine on 3 VHS players I have used over here.

Steve

Ben Thomas 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.

"Ben Thomas" <sickofspam@die.spammers.die.com> wrote in message
news:3E87DE23.1E011E3E@die.spammers.die.com...
> 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.


you didn't accidentally record in in LP mode and your mum only has an
SP-VHS?

Hi all,

Thanks for all the helpful replies.

At some time in the past mum copied a video from the camcorder to
VHS and took it to England, using a Sharp short play VHS video recorder. 
It would not play in England.

I will give it a shot and make sure I do it in short play mode.

Thanks again. 
-- 
Ben Thomas
Current car: silver manual Holden Astra SRi
Dream car: black Lamborghini Diablo

If you find yourself struggling with loneliness, you're not alone.
And yet you are alone. So Very ALONE.

> In Australia we have a PAL TV system. Is England's TV system different?

Yes. They have comedy.

We don't.

They have Parkinson's show.

We have the disease.

Alan Pemberton wrote:
> 
> Ben Thomas <sickofspam@die.spammers.die.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Does she have a Betamax, perhaps?
> 
> --
> Alan Pemberton
> Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
> <http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/>
> Avoid my spambox by replying to <My First Name>@pembers.freeserve.co.uk>

No. Never did either.

-- 
Ben Thomas
Current car: silver manual Holden Astra SRi
Dream car: black Lamborghini Diablo

If you find yourself struggling with loneliness, you're not alone.
And yet you are alone. So Very ALONE.