User in Norway cannot play American NTSC VHS tapes on European PAL VCR; thread discusses video format incompatibility and conversion options.
I have an american recording of Seinfeld (VHS), but it doesn't work in my european VCR. (It's also VHS-system, and I live in Norway)
The videocassettes seems to be identical, but when I try to play the tape my TV-screen keeps scrolling. (Almost like when you rent an old movie and needs to use the trackingssystem to watch...) In my case the tracking doesn't help at all.
Gratefull for any help on this issue. What do I do ????? Please mail me.
TW
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In alt.video.dvd, [email] wrote:
That's because Europe & Japan use PAL encoding while North America uses NTSC.
Go to a video conversion place and have them convert it. Or buy a VCR mail order from the US. Either option is expensive.
Over here in PAL land, there are dual videos available that will play NTSC on PAL TVs. The picture gets squashed a little, but hey, if you want visual aesthetics you go to the movies.
Nosnivel
Tom Sorensen wrote in article ...
Europe (at least most of it) uses PAL. Japan, however, uses NTSC.
Greg
Tom Sorensen wrote:
Actually, I believe Japan also uses NTSC, whereas France uses SECAM. (This info gleaned from a map of world television standards) Now the only question is will HDTV solve the problem or create more?
In article , Tom Sorensen writes:
> That's because Europe & Japan use PAL encoding while North America uses
Make that MOST of Europe use PAL, France and some ex-soviet-type countries use SECAM. Japan uses NTSC but the colour info is at a different frequency.
"[email]" wrote:
American TV technology is very crude. Our system uses far FEWER scan-lines to create the screen image. European TV's have many more scan lines, and can therefore create a MUCH SHARPER screen image. So the equipment (VCR, TAPE) are the same, but not the TV or the broadcast.
You can convert from one system to another (I don't know where you would do this, however) and the final copy will be less that perfect. The image may appear to "jump" or "shift" every now and then.
But good luck. I'd hate to see our European friends deprived of Seinfeld!
In article , joro writes:
> American TV technology is very crude. Our system uses far FEWER
"far fewer"?
NTSC: 525 lines, 60 Hz, I.L., total 15,750 lines per second. PAL: 625 lines, 50 Hz, I.L., total 15,625 lines per second.
Even if you just compare the number of lines in one frame (two fields), I don't think it justifies the term "far fewer".
Gordon Mulcaster wrote:
Picky picky! :)
Actually, I thought it was a draw on NTSC vr. PAL.
ntsc has fewer lines but a higher frame rate 30 fps.
pal has more lines but a lower frame rate 25 fps.
I personally hate flicker which I hear is noticeable by viewers of PAL. This would give me a headache.
Mark
[email] ([email]) wrote:
Agreed!! As a Spanish TV/VCR user I have a multisytem setup and now I know why I prefer NTSC tapes over PAL ones. Thank you very much for your post!!
Regards,
[email] wrote:
there are several diffrent types of VCR systems, the most countrys on american soil use a system called NTSC. In Most European countrys(excluding France) use a System called PAL the tapes look the same but wont play. sorry to tell you this but, your out of luck, although if your going to be there a while i would check into some local video stores and see if they can convert your NTSC tapes to PAL hope this helps
On Mon, 09 Dec 1996 15:37:44 -0800, "[email]" wrote:
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The reason for this is simple. North American and European VCRs don't use the same standard. North American VCRs use the NTSC standard, and European ones use PAL. You would have to find someone who could copy it from NTSC to PAL.
Good luck!
Phil
You could also play it on a new videoplayer like Panasonic, which is multi-format, on any PAL TV newer than about five years.
Try recording it on the EP speed. That works for my relatives in Ireland.
Check your VCR and see if it has a "NTSC Playback on PAL TV" if it has check : Your TV to see if it uses manual settings of the system received if it does - select NTSC.
[email] wrote in article ...
In article , "[email]" wrote:
Here in the states, we use NTSC. In Europe, you use PAL. You need to find someone with a multi-format VCR that handles both.