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Default OT Trying to copy a VHS tape in NTSC format (UK)

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
BTW, the OP's problem is with Nero, PAL DVD players have no trouble
playing NTSC DVD's on PAL TV sets. Some of them automaticly adjust, some
have a setup option.


Thing is it's a bit of a misnomer talking about PAL or NTSC DVDs - as they
aren't actually coded to either. It's just the line and frame rates that
differ - and of course there are different ones of those on both PAL and
NTSC, IIRC, in various countries. In other words the digits on the disc
aren't PAL or NTSC encoded. And if you're feeding them to the TV in
digital, RGB or components again it doesn't matter - only if composite or
RF does PAL or NTSC really come into the equation. So I suppose it's
really just convention that they are marked PAL or NTSC - to show the
countries they're for.

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