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Posted by Edward on 10/17/06 03:12
People on ebay are useless. They have no idea what they're selling.
One guy thinks all DVDs are NTSC,.
I can't get a reply from the manufacturers.
Jukka Aho wrote:
> Edward wrote:
>
> > thanks, I'm actually familiar with SCART but I assumed every TV has
> > both on it. However... like Steven Segal says - assumption is the
> > mother of all... something something.
>
> Who can we trust if not Steven Seagal? :)
>
> Front-panel RCA/mini-DIN type AV jacks have gained in popularity over
> the years (because of the proliferation of cheap digital camcorders and
> digital still cameras, I think), but there are still lots of sets whose
> only AV inputs are through the SCART sockets on the back panel.
>
> Flat-panel tvs are often more likely to have separate RCA/mini-DIN type
> inputs than the CRT-based sets.
>
> > I was in europe about 13 years ago and I used composite to hook up my
> > video camera to a TV and it was B&W. Thats what I expected.
>
> At least the set synchronized to your 525-line ~60 Hz signal. It must
> have been one of those models that supports PAL-60 signal but cannot
> decode NTSC colors. A genuine old-school "PAL only" tv set, from
> 1985...1990 or earlier, would not have synced to the picture at all.
>
> As long as the set can sync to a 525-line / 60 Hz signal, you could
> bypass the whole NTSC/PAL problem by using a DVD player that outputs the
> signal in (SCART) RGB format - as the stand-alone tabletop DVD players
> usually do in Europe. This would also give you a better image quality
> than either PAL or NTSC. Unfortunately, I don't think portables usually
> have SCART RGB outputs.
>
> > However every idiot on the trip with me (20+ people) insisted on
> > staying in my rom and watching themselvs act like goofs on my poor
> > 8mm camera. Fun times.
>
> Sounds like you'd be better off getting a portable mini LCD projector.
> :)
>
> --
> znark
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