Posted by Skookum on 11/15/54 11:51

In previous reply, I forgot to ask: if I went for the other format
would that still involve the problems with PAL versus NSTC or is that
not applicable to other formats?


PTravel wrote:
> "Skookum" <ndale@uniserve.com> wrote in message
> news:1151443423.370449.262600@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
> >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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