On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 1:25:32 AM UTC-7, N_Cook wrote:
Would an electronically dead USA machine be a suitable "parts mule" for

a UK machine as far as the video head drum is concerned? NTSC v PAL make

a difference to drum or heads physical dimensions or head posistioning etc ?

Required to retrieve sound from tape archives when the PCM , 6 channel

audio option ,was used instead of for video use

I don't know if this is true for consumer machines but analog broadcast machines use wider heads for PAL to make up for poorer carrier SN ratios from slower drum speeds.

G²