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VCR compatability

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  • 03-04-2002 2:34am
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    Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭


    What do you need to play american videos on a vcr here? Anything special required?


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    _CreeD_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭_CreeD_


    Your VCR must support NTSC playback (And convert it into PAL in the process)


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    Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    How do I know if it has this?


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    _CreeD_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭_CreeD_


    RTFM :)


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    Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    Originally posted by _CreeD_
    RTFM :)

    Yeah maybe if I knew where it was...


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    gandalf
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    Are you sure about converting to PAL. If the TV can handle NTSC or PAL60 surely the video can send out the NTSC signal with no conversion.

    Gandalf.


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    hudson806
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    Originally posted by gandalf
    Are you sure about converting to PAL. If the TV can handle NTSC or PAL60 surely the video can send out the NTSC signal with no conversion.

    I think you're right - VCRs that convert NTSC -> are pretty expensive, and the quality usually sucks.

    Cerainly, anything you see in Dixons is just NTSC playback as PAL60 (and occasionally NTSC)


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    _CreeD_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭_CreeD_


    TVs with NTSC are more espensive too. A TV that plays PAL60 wont necessarily play NTSC, it's still PAL, just the preferred format for NTSC to PAL conversion.
    And yes the quality sucks, but then that's VHS for ya anyway :).

    If you don't have the manual the best thing is get the make/model and do a search on the web for product spec.s. There's no way to tell if it converts by looking at the player I'm afraid (unless it has a shiney big NTSC sticker on the front ;) )


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    Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    Acually I just had a look at the vcr and it just happened to say right there on it "NTSC Playback".


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