Posted by PTravel on 11/15/25 11:51

"Skookum" <ndale@uniserve.com> wrote in message
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>I am on a brief visit to Germany and England (I normally live in North
> America). I was considering buying a DVD Camcorder but heard that there
> may be a compatibility problem since most of Europe uses PAL format
> while the Americas rely on NTSC. I am completely ignorant of what this
> means though I did have a look at the relevant Wikipedia articles.
>
> My bottom line question is whether I should forget about buying over in
> Germany or Britain (I have found some great deals on Sonys and
> Panasonics)?

You'll need an NTSC camcorder for use in North America, and, to the extent
they're available, will be more expensive in Europe. NTSC and PAL are
incompatible video standards, the latter being common in most of Europe
(SECAM being a less common, but equally incompatible, European standard).

Since you're buying a DVD camcorder, I assume neither video quality or
anything more than minimal editing is of concern to you.

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