Tsugumi(Tsugumi@Tsugumi.karoo.co.uk) added

> > I didn't quite go that far, actually I didn't know of anywhere 
> > that would do NTSC -> PAL conversion.
> > I didn't start buying NTSC tapes until I'd brought a VCR that 
> > had an NTSC on PAL playback facility.
> >
> 
> I remember picking up a cheapo VCR and discovering when I got it 
> home that played NTSC. It wasn't even mentioned in the manual, 
> that was a happy day 

Somehow I seem to recall that it was only the cheapo VCRs that did NTSC on PAL.
I don't think I ever saw the facility on any of the more expensive models.


== Peter ==
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"Peter Boulter"  wrote in message 
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> Tsugumi(Tsugumi@Tsugumi.karoo.co.uk) added
>
>>
>> I remember picking up a cheapo VCR and discovering when I got it
>> home that played NTSC. It wasn't even mentioned in the manual,
>> that was a happy day
>
> Somehow I seem to recall that it was only the cheapo VCRs that did NTSC on 
> PAL.
> I don't think I ever saw the facility on any of the more expensive models.
>

At least one of the big Mitsubishi recorders did.  I remember when I went to 
buy a new recorder, I took an anime tape with me. That resulted in the 
purchase of my recently departed Mitsubishi machine. Nice machine, but the 
tape carrier mechanism was very prone to wearing out.

Tsugumi

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In article , Tsugumi
 wrote:

> "Peter Boulter"  wrote in message
> news:memo.20080106213722.3324C@starhunter.compulink.co.uk...
> > Tsugumi(Tsugumi@Tsugumi.karoo.co.uk) added
> >
> >>
> >> I remember picking up a cheapo VCR and discovering when I got it home
> >> that played NTSC. It wasn't even mentioned in the manual, that was a
> >> happy day
> >
> > Somehow I seem to recall that it was only the cheapo VCRs that did
> > NTSC on PAL. I don't think I ever saw the facility on any of the more
> > expensive models.
> >
> At least one of the big Mitsubishi recorders did.  I remember when I
> went to buy a new recorder, I took an anime tape with me. That resulted
> in the purchase of my recently departed Mitsubishi machine. Nice
> machine, but the tape carrier mechanism was very prone to wearing out.

It seemed to get more prevalent as the years went on. When I first bought
my Aiwa MS350S, it didn't seem that common at all and the first machine I
had that could do it needed a TV with variable frame rate which was also
difficult to find back then. These days I have a Thomson VPH7090, a pretty
old system by now, for VHS to DVD conversions through a Dazzle unit though
I did look around at some of the current offerings and it seems that NTSC
playback is fairly standard these days.

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"Chika" <miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote in message 
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> It seemed to get more prevalent as the years went on. When I first bought
> my Aiwa MS350S, it didn't seem that common at all and the first machine I
> had that could do it needed a TV with variable frame rate which was also
> difficult to find back then. These days I have a Thomson VPH7090, a pretty
> old system by now, for VHS to DVD conversions through a Dazzle unit though
> I did look around at some of the current offerings and it seems that NTSC
> playback is fairly standard these days.
>

My Mitsubishi bit the dust in last year's floods, I've bought a new VCR (and 
they're hard enough to find today) and I've just realised that I've not 
tried it on an NTSC tape yet. I'll have to check to see if any NTSC tapes 
survived.

Tsugumi