Posted by Alpha on 09/03/05 20:28

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:431978b3.36344187@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 01:44:28 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
>
>>>>Not in the US. Recorders with firewire connections to a computer were
>>>>banned in the United States.
>
>>> But that doesn't mean they aren't obtainable - same with *anything* else
>>> that's 'banned'...
>
>>Not with a tuner that works NTSC here in the US.
>
> I thought that DVDRs had both NTSC and PAL on each unit.

Even if they can decode DVDs, the tuners and frequencies are different
across the globe.

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