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OU812? wrote: Dan Mahoney wrote: The movie "Ghost Cat" on Animal Planet played again yesterday, and I was able to tape it this time. If anyone wants to borrow the tape, just drop me an e-mail. That is, anyone with an NTSC tv rather than PAL. huh? I live in NB, Canada, and have a VHS vcr. Not sure what NTSC or PAL mean. There are two different formats for television sets, and consequently for VCR's (three, actually, but only France uses the third one). One is NTSC, which is used in North America (not sure about South America or Mexico) and Japan. The format used by most of Europe is PAL (and the French use SEACAM). Unless you have a machine that plays both (or converts them) DVD's and VCR tapes recorded in one format will not play on machines made for the other one. That's been an ongoing source of frustration for me and other opera lovers, since there are far more opera videos available in Europe than in the U.S., but we can't play them on our American TV's/VCR's. Since most opera videos are now being issued on DVD (including some reissues of things originally recorded on tape) I bought a "region free, code free" DVD player, so now I can buy DVD's anywhere, and not worry about being able to play them. |
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"OU812?" wrote in message ... Dan Mahoney wrote: The movie "Ghost Cat" on Animal Planet played again yesterday, and I was able to tape it this time. If anyone wants to borrow the tape, just drop me an e-mail. That is, anyone with an NTSC tv rather than PAL. huh? I live in NB, Canada, and have a VHS vcr. Not sure what NTSC or PAL mean. NTSC is the tv standard used in the US and Canada. VHS just means that it is a video - in the UK and Europe we use PAL as the standard for our tv and video ....... however most UK VCRs now play NTSC quite happily. We just can't make copies or tapes in it. (whose tv, VCR and DVD quite happily accept NTSC and Region 1 g) -- Jette "Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ... OU812? wrote: Dan Mahoney wrote: The movie "Ghost Cat" on Animal Planet played again yesterday, and I was able to tape it this time. If anyone wants to borrow the tape, just drop me an e-mail. That is, anyone with an NTSC tv rather than PAL. huh? I live in NB, Canada, and have a VHS vcr. Not sure what NTSC or PAL mean. Kristy who would indeed like to see the movie NTSC = National Television Standards Commitee Pictures normally 525 lines 60Hz North America and Japan From what my friends in Japanese animation fandom tell me, Japanese NTSC is not quite the same as the US version of the same. -- Jette "Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote There are two different formats for television sets, and consequently for VCR's (three, actually, but only France uses the third one). One is NTSC, which is used in North America (not sure about South America or Mexico) and Japan. The format used by most of Europe is PAL (and the French use SEACAM). SECAM, I'm told - and some parts of Russia use it too. -- Jette "Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ |
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"Margaret Fine" wrote in message ink.net... Thanks! I guess I should ask--this is VHS, right? Let me know what I owe you for shipping (and the tape if you don't want it back). g Unless you are one of the very rare geeks who like rare and outdated formats, any video will be VHS. (the other main format *was* Betamax) -- Jette "Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ |
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Jette Goldie wrote:
in the UK and Europe we use PAL as the standard for our tv and video ....... however most UK VCRs now play NTSC quite happily. We just can't make copies or tapes in it. (whose tv, VCR and DVD quite happily accept NTSC and Region 1 g) Well, then, in that case, I'd like to extend my offer to anyone in Europe whose VCR will play NTSC tapes. Email me for details (remove X's from my user name). Joyce |
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Adrian wrote:
OU812? wrote: Dan Mahoney wrote: The movie "Ghost Cat" on Animal Planet played again yesterday, and I was able to tape it this time. If anyone wants to borrow the tape, just drop me an e-mail. That is, anyone with an NTSC tv rather than PAL. huh? I live in NB, Canada, and have a VHS vcr. Not sure what NTSC or PAL mean. Kristy who would indeed like to see the movie NTSC = National Television Standards Commitee Pictures normally 525 lines 60Hz North America and Japan NTSC = National Television System Committee I checked it from http://www.acronymfinder.com/ which also said that your version was a common interpretation of it, but still incorrect. PAL = Phase Alternate Line Pictures normally 625 lines 50Hz Burope, Australia, New Zealand Me, picky?? Nooo... but the same acronym link said PAL was Phase Alternation Line. And if anyone's interested in what SECAM stands for, it's Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire (Sequential Color & Memory) -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Christine in Vantaa, Finland (Burope) Email: christal63(at)yahoo(dot)com Photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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Jette Goldie wrote:
(whose tv, VCR and DVD quite happily accept NTSC and Region 1 g) We have a multi-region DVD-player, it accepts all regions. Neener, neener... -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Christine in Vantaa, Finland (Europe) Email: christal63(at)yahoo(dot)com Photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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"CK" wrote in message ... Jette Goldie wrote: (whose tv, VCR and DVD quite happily accept NTSC and Region 1 g) We have a multi-region DVD-player, it accepts all regions. Neener, neener... So does mine - but mostly I want to play Region 1 + 2. -- Jette "Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ |
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CK wrote:
Jette Goldie wrote: (whose tv, VCR and DVD quite happily accept NTSC and Region 1 g) We have a multi-region DVD-player, it accepts all regions. Neener, neener... If we're going for oneupmanship, mine also disables Macrovision so I can tape any DVD. -- Adrian A House Is Not A Home, Without A Cat. |
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