Sinister: a little about NTSC and PAL videos

[Mike Newman]

Jj wrote:

> Even if your VCR plays NTSC tapes you can't just copy them to another > PAL > 
VCR...the one 
> you are recording on most likely will be unable to lock up on the NTSC signal,
> and you'll hear it the tape whining as it tries to change speed...god I'm
> boring aren't I!

My trusty JVC machine plays NTSC tapes happily, and I've connected it via the 
SCART OUT socket to another, older JVC machine and managed to copy an NTSC 
version of a Joe Cocker video (!) which played fine.

Mike

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Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:14 +0100

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