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NTSC copy
Darth Sidious
14-10-2000
If I want to make a copy of a NTSC VHS tape to PAL. Do I require 2 VCRs which play NTSC or do I need a converter?
TVman
14-10-2000
Most VCRs can convert NTSC to PAL, hence the slogan used by many VCRS "NTSC playback on all TVs". So you will need one NTSC playback VCR, and any old one to make the copy.
Dan9
15-10-2000
All that the NTSC capable vcr does is convert the signal to PAL 60 htz. If you use a standard video to record this signal you'll get a good quality copy, but it'll be black and white. For resonably priced converters, check out http//www.lektropacks.co.uk

TVman
15-10-2000
Are you sure? Because I made a full colour copy of an NTSC tape from mt Sony 720 video recorder to a very cheap old one.
Kevo
28-11-2000
You CANNOT I repeat CANNOT make a PAL copy of an NTSC VHS tape using conventional VCRs. All they offer is 'NTSC playback' on a NTSC capable TV.
When it comes to recording the signal, then it's a totally new ball game to simple playback. The best you can expect is a very jumpy B+W picture.
To do a proper conversion you need to use a MULTI STANDARD VCR/DEVICE, which are extremeley expensive (about a £1000 plus).

Good luck
HTH
flimdar
28-11-2000
I managed to record an NTSC tape on two UK standard VCR's, one had NTSC playback, the other didn't. Both had Scart In/Out ports.

To do it I used AV/Scart connections, outputting a 'converted' signal from my NTSC compatible VCR through my scart lead into my TV and then recording the signal from the TV through the 'Scart In' input of my second VCR. What this does is record what the TV displays not the NTSC signal it recieves.

Hope it helps...
Kevo
29-11-2000
Thanks for correcting me. I must admit I've never used the TV as a 'go between' when copying tapes or DVDs. I've always hard wired direct (I don't even like connecting to AV amps). But I'll give your method a go.
By the way, what was the quality like of the copied NTSC tape?
flimdar
29-11-2000
Quality of the recording varies -

On one TV the picture was washed out with black bars top & bottom (50 Hz TV) so that was the quality of the recording. On another (60+ Hz, NTSC compatible) the picture was perfect so the recording was, there was a slight drop in quality as with all tape-to-tape recording.

But it beats paying for the service, if you can find somewhere!
rezabelady
02-12-2000
Quote:
“Originally posted by flimdar
I managed to record an NTSC tape on two UK standard VCR's, one had NTSC playback, the other didn't. Both had Scart In/Out ports.

To do it I used AV/Scart connections, outputting a 'converted' signal from my NTSC compatible VCR through my scart lead into my TV and then recording the signal from the TV through the 'Scart In' input of my second VCR. What this does is record what the TV displays not the NTSC signal it recieves.

Hope it helps...
”

i've got a multiregion sony dvd player that has macrovision disabled (it needs to be because i run it through a video projector) and i can record pal perfectly, but my vcr doesn't accept ntsc so i can't copy us dvds (i'm talking about demo dvds which have non-copyrighted programming which would be used for educational purposes only, of course )

as someone said before, you need a multistandard vcr - but although they aren't as expensive as quoted (i saw a thomson for about 300 pounds recently), it never occured to me to try this - even though my dad uses a similar kind of method to record from his satellite equipment (dunno why though, always seemed a bit weird to me - i guess i should ask!)
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