Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!ekrell From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: Modifying an NTSC VCR Message-ID: <3057@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 19:40:15 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.3057 Posted: Thu Jan 3 19:40:15 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 04:04:43 EST References: <282@edsel.UUCP> Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 15 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. -- Eduardo Krell UCLA Computer Science Department ekrell@ucla-locus.arpa ..!{sdcrdcf,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!ekrell