[DM-MUG] PAL to NTSC conversion

[Matt W]

That is GREAT stuff! Ha!

Thanks for the lines on the companies.

Matthew

On Sep 23, 2004, at 9:37 AM, Jeff Muller wrote:

> The common jokes in the broadcast world are that the U.S.-developed 
> NTSC stands for Never Twice the Same Color (it's actually National 
> Television Standards Committee). The more complex German-developed PAL 
> (Phase Alternating Line) is referred to as Pay A Lot. Of course the 
> French couldn't stand to use systems invented by Americans or Germans 
> so they invented SECAM (Systeme Electronique pour Couleur Avec 
> Memoire), convinced the Soviets to adopt it and therefore has been 
> known since as System Essentially Contrary to American Methods.
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2004, at 9:20 AM, Bryan Baker wrote:
>
>> PAL is the European standard for color video, NTSC is the US 
>> standard. There is also another format known as SECAM. They have 
>> different scan rates, numbers of lines and aspect ratios, so special 
>> equipment is needed to convert between formats.
>>
>> You might try my ex-employers: http://triadav.com/
>>
>> even if they don't have the equipment, they may know who does and be 
>> able to point you there.
>>
>> On Sep 23, 2004, at 9:07 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>>
>>>> Anyone have experience with a local business who does this sort of 
>>>> thing? Source is VHS. Target could be VHS or DVD.
>>>>
>>>> Matthew
>>>
>>> I don't know what you mean by PAL or NTSC,. but Put it on Video out 
>>> in Clive (?) moves stuff off tape onto DVD or tape or 
>>> whatever...call them.
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