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From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Modifying an NTSC VCR
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Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 19:40:15 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  3 19:40:15 1985
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  I'm afraid nothing can be done. If you record an off-the-air program with
your NTSC VCR, the machine will not understand the signal (because of the
format being different) and if you play a pre-recorded tape, the VCR won't
be able to play it back for the same reason.
  There are some VCRs that can handle both NTSC and PAL signals, so you can
play/record in any system. This is the ultimate solution (provided you have
the NTSC/PAL TV too).
  I myself had this problem when a relative from Israel sent me a couple of
tapes. Obviously, when I tried to play them back, I saw nothing. There are
some places that will convert a PAL tape to a NTSC tape, but it's very
expensive.
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    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
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