Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!dsd!avsdS!avsdT:deborah From: avsdT:deborah@avsdS.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: VCRs Message-ID: <506@avsdT.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jul-83 15:20:11 EDT Article-I.D.: avsdT.506 Posted: Tue Jul 19 15:20:11 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jul-83 17:52:49 EDT References: sri-arpa.3072 Lines: 14 A question was recently submitted " Can American videotapes be used with an American TV, or in an American VCR?" The answer is - NO! The European standard is either PAL or SECAM, depending on the country. Both of these standards use a 625 line picture, with a 50hz scanning rate. The American standard is 525 lines, ~60hz scan. I work on professional video-tape recorders, and the best I can usually get out of a PAL tape on an NTSC (american standard) machine is a marginal black and white picture that is too big for the screen. On a home machine, I suspect you'll just get garbage across the screen. -deborah gronke bennett Ampex Corp. fortune!dsd!atd!avsdT:deborah