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Recording US TV - NTSC Format
I can watch NBC Feeds on my tv - no problem.
I watch them through my video as well - no problem Both cope in showing me great picture. However when I record, the playback is in black and white. Similar to what happens to French tv when it is converted form Secam to PAL. Is there anyway I can get playback in Colour. Many thanks |
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Originally Posted by starlingdarling
I can watch NBC Feeds on my tv - no problem.
I watch them through my video as well - no problem Both cope in showing me great picture. However when I record, the playback is in black and white. Similar to what happens to French tv when it is converted form Secam to PAL. Is there anyway I can get playback in Colour. Many thanks |
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Thank you for your advice.
However, I do have a machine that will play NTSC videos bought from the states. Is this not enough or am making a simple connection error somewhere IAN |
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Your VCR can playback NTSC tapes to the TV because the colour signal is modified by the VCR to PAL 4.43MHz.
But it cannot record a true NTSC 3.58MHz colour signal. To do this you need either a VCR that is capable of multi-standard recording or a signal standards converter. |
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How do you get NBC - it's almost like one of those Threads 'Can I get US TV in the UK'. Do you have a satellite positioned at a certain angle, and can you get other US stations?
(If you, starlingdarling, don't want to answer this, fair enough) Thanks! |
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Originally Posted by jrhnewark
How do you get NBC - it's almost like one of those Threads 'Can I get US TV in the UK'. Do you have a satellite positioned at a certain angle, and can you get other US stations?
(If you, starlingdarling, don't want to answer this, fair enough) Thanks! They also send MSNBC - the rolling news service and Today at least on a Monday to Friday, their equivalent to GMTV (nEW yORK TIME 7 -10 AM) UK time (12 noon - 3pm). CBS also send feeds on 16 degrees east, I have never really tried that. I have been watching the apprentice when I was in the US during March and wanted to carry on watching since my return home IAN |
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I'm surprised you managed to get a working recording in NTSC, albeit in black & white.
Last time I tried to record NTSC on my S-VHS Panasonic, which has NTSC 4.43 (PAL60) playback support, the result was a stuttering mess. At least it was in colour though.
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NBC Feeds on Telstar
Are the NBC feeds still scrambled on Telstar at 15 degrees west still scrambled?
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One other answer could be for you to get a DVD recorder...these are not 'fussy' about what they rocord, other than you cannot mix pal or ntsc recordings on the same disc...I have a multi standard Samsung video which has served me well for about 5 years now, but now I just record any NTSC feed direct to disc..much better quality all around!!
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