Recommended PAL->NTSC VCRs?

26 May 2006 1:00 PM

Alex O.

Hello,

Could anyone please tell me what VCRs that can convert PAL to NTSC are
recommended?

Thanks,
Alex.

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26 May 2006 2:59 PM

Dave Martindale

"Alex O." <respo***@myrealbox.com> writes:

>Could anyone please tell me what VCRs that can convert PAL to NTSC are
>recommended?

In general, VCRs cannot convert PAL to NTSC. There are differences in
frame rate, lines per frame, and colour encoding. There are some
multisystem VCRs that can play a PAL tape and output a signal at PAL
rates but with NTSC colour encoding, which can then be fed to some NTSC
TVs if they will lock to the 50 Hz vertical sync, but this is *not* a
NTSC signal and cannot be recorded or further processed by NTSC
equipment.

If you just want to watch a PAL tape on a TV, something like what is
described above may work for you. If you really want a full conversion
to NTSC, you need a "standards converter", not a VCR.

Dave

3 Jun 2006 5:07 AM

Wolfgang Schwanke

da***@cs.ubc.ca (Dave Martindale) wrote in

news:e5754j$ll4$1@swain.cs.ubc.ca:

> "Alex O." <respo***@myrealbox.com> writes:
>
>>Could anyone please tell me what VCRs that can convert PAL to NTSC are
>>recommended?
>
> In general, VCRs cannot convert PAL to NTSC.

Some can, however.

> If you just want to watch a PAL tape on a TV, something like what is
> described above may work for you. If you really want a full conversion
> to NTSC, you need a "standards converter", not a VCR.

There are VCRs which are multisystem (i.e. they can play or record any
tape of any signal standard) with a standards converter built in (i.e.
they can change the signal to a different standard during recording or
playback at the push of a button).

The first such model was the famous Panasonic W1 in the early 1990s,
and its successor W2. Samsung also made a range with the same function
the SV-3000W and 5000W. I'm not sure if any of these are still made as
VHS is declining, but they can be picked up used.

Regards

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26 May 2006 11:00 PM

kaboom

On 26 May 2006 06:00:41 -0700, "Alex O." <respo***@myrealbox.com>
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Could anyone please tell me what VCRs that can convert PAL to NTSC are
>recommended?

**The only VCRs that contain a PAL/NTSC converter, that I've seen, are
usually Samsungs like the SV-5000W. However, when researching VCRs and
converters myself, I discovered that they have terrible reliability
ratings. I decided to buy a multisystem VCR with a standalone PAL/NTSC
converter. I bought a Toshiba V-E60 and a ComWorld 1200. I've had them
for a couple of years now and they're quite nice.

I purchased the VCR and converter from this company and I'm not
affiliated with them in any way. You can give it a look for reference
and ideas. I had no problems with them.

http://www.world-import.com/vcr.htm

kaboomie

27 May 2006 1:45 AM

Mike Berger

I have a Panasonic that does that, but it's pretty old.

Alex O. wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> Could anyone please tell me what VCRs that can convert PAL to NTSC are
> recommended?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex.
>
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> email should go to user response at domain alexoren with suffix com
>