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- Newsgroups: rec.video
- Subject: Re: PAL Tapes ??
- Message-ID: <4820@vidiot.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 04:26:01 GMT
- References: <vince.9.727632891@bme.ri.ccf.org>
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- In article <vince.9.727632891@bme.ri.ccf.org> vince@bme.ri.ccf.org (Geoff Vince) writes:
- <I have recently moved to the U.S from England and brought a number of VCR
- <tapes with me. Although I understand these cannot be played on my U.S. VCR (
- <Panasonic S-VHS) as they're in PAL format, I would like to know if I
- <can record over them? I realize that as they are not S-VHS tapes I will not
- <be able to record in S-VHS, although they may be useful for general use. I
- <know I could put them in and try it, but not being much of mechanical wiz I
- <didn't look forward to untangling the tape from the machine if it didn't
- <work.
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- Never fear, they will work just fine. The listed value on the tape will
- actually record at 2/3 that value in a NTSC machine, i.e., a E-180 = T-120.
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