A question about British video format

[Father Bronze]

Hi all,

I need a bit of advice. My wife and I are thinking about buying the Redwall video series for my son for his birthday. As far as I know, the only release of the tapes was in the UK. The notes say that the video is in PAL format and that the US uses an NTSC format.

Anybody got a clue what this means?

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[Epona]

Originally posted by Father Bronze: Hi all, I need a bit of advice. My wife and I are thinking about buying the Redwall video series for my son for his birthday. As far as I know, the only release of the tapes was in the UK. The notes say that the video is in PAL format and that the US uses an NTSC format. Anybody got a clue what this means?

Yep. It means you won't get a picture. Sorry it's not better news!

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[Epona]

There are places that do conversion though.
Here is a site I just found searching with Yahoo:

http://www.vhsconversion.com/

I have no knowledge of this company though, they could be conmen for all I know - just an indication that conversion is possible.

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[domingo]

Wow they did a video series? .... I loved those books ..... that is so cool ...
Do they stick w/ the books?

[Blade]

I think part of it is that the US and Europe use a deferent FPS setting (frames per second) one is about 23 the other is about 29 but i can't remember which is which (who uses which format).


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[Father Bronze]

Originally posted by domingo: Wow they did a video series? .... I loved those books ..... that is so cool ... Do they stick w/ the books?

I don't know. I've never read the books. The cartoons were really cool though. My son loved them and our local station dropped the series.

Of course it makes a father proud to see his son enjoy swords, magic, castles, etc.


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[domingo]

they are great books ..... you should definately read them ..... I am 18 and I still enjoy them very much ........ my fav would have to be Mossflower .... just something about a world w/ no humans intrigues me .... lol

[Mouse]

It's not really techie, but here might be a place to start looking for info

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Mouse

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[Memnoch]

Australia uses PAL format too, which has noticeably better picture quality than NTSC. I believe Europe uses SECAM.

Most TVs and VCRs are multi-system, meaning you will be able to use both PAL and NTSC formats on them. My TV and VCR have this feature. Check to see if yours does the same. If not, some video stores will do this conversion for you (at a price).

Otherwise, ask the retailer if they have the tapes available in NTSC format.

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[Donut]

Originally posted by Memnoch: Australia uses PAL format too, which has noticeably better picture quality than NTSC. I believe Europe uses SECAM. Most TVs and VCRs are multi-system, meaning you will be able to use both PAL and NTSC formats on them. My TV and VCR have this feature. Check to see if yours does the same. If not, some video stores will do this conversion for you (at a price). Otherwise, ask the retailer if they have the tapes available in NTSC format.

Europe uses PAL but France uses SECAM. I inderstand NTSC stands for Never The Same Colour twice. NTSC is worse for broadcast quality but better for video.



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