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Want to buy a PAL converter,need advice?


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2 Aug 2005 12:10 PM
Mike S.
In article <1122959731.495423.88***@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
<mars***@hotmail.com> wrote:
Show quoteHide quoteI have reached the conclusion that none of the inexpensive converters will
give you studio quality. By inexpensive I mean less than a few THOUSAND
dollars.

It was pointed out to me that many televised events, like sports, intended
for worldwide broadcast, are covered simultaneously by NTSC and PAL cameras
rather than bothering with converters ... that must say something if it's
worth the extra bother even when you have expensive converters available.

The A-Neutronics converter is a private labelled version of the Shinybow
SB-3690 from Hong Kong.  It does the job, but the video shimmers (especially
with horizontal movement in the image content) and has poor contrast and
color saturation. It's sitting on the shelf now as I ultimately got a
higher quality multistandard DVD player and am using that instead.  (Wanna
buy it?) Is it watchable? Certainly. It depends how much quality you
demand, I guess.