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sfjug@sc*.th*.li*.fl*.us* WROTE:

>If anybody in America (especially Florida) knows of a local library, or
>UNIVERSITY library, student union, service, etc., or some other
>"free-use" place that has or is planning to get
> the special VCR that makes PAL (European) copies from our videotapes
>   then please let me know.
> I would NOT ask you to make any copies, even if it were only for 2
>cassettes.
>(I ask not only for myself.)
>
>  There must be a few public institutions around that need the machine to
>convert foreign (PAL or SECAM) tapes for American viewing/learning.
>
>By the way, blank VHS cassettes (and VHS-C and 8mm video) can be used on
>both sides of the Atlantic (or Pacific).  The "conversion" is only a
>relatively simple electronic one.
>
>Thanks,
>  David

It is very simple, buy an European standard VCR (PAL/SECAM few hundred
dollars) and connect the video and audio input/output.
Press play on the European and Rec on the American.
If you want better quality you need the master tape of course.
The tape is the same, it is just the recording format that is different.

(NTSC = Never The Same Color)
(PAL = Put Another Line)

PS: Europe run at 220V 50Hz, America at 110V 60Hz, a conveter is needed.

Roberto Bagnasco

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