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Posted by Richard Crowley on 02/23/07 16:55
"PTravel" wrote ...
> "Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>> "PTravel" wrote ...
>>> "rp911" wrote ...
>>>> Perhaps slave was the wrong word ... I guess I am asking if I can
>>>> record the output from his camera directly to mine, making a copy on
>>>> the fly, so to speak.
>>>
>>> Yes, you can do that.
>>
>> Assuming you are not in a country where the video inputs
>> (both analog and digital) on camcorders are disabled for
>> political/tax reasons (seems to be mostly the PAL-territories,
>> but not actually related to the PAL standard.) If you are in
>> North America, you will be fine.
>
> Good point. I, too, am sometimes guilty of being US-centric. It's not
> all PAL camcorders, but camcorders sold in the EU, I think. As you note,
> it's a tax thing -- if it can record from the inputs, it's a VCR as well
> as a camcorder, and taxed accordingly.
I thought it was Austrailia, also(?)
The older I get, the harder it is to separate "tax" issues
(or even copyright law) from politics. :-(
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