This is the video to get - but not for the US

[KAMMLER1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/01 8:28:00 PM Central Standard Time,
quattro-request at audifans.com writes:

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 Message: 4
 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 19:14:25 -0500
 To: Jim at ur-q.freeserve.co.uk
 From: Dave C <conner at cfm.ohio-state.edu>
 Subject: This is the video to get - but not for the US
 Cc: quattro at audifans.com

 Jim advises...
 "If there is one video to get this Christmas its this one :
 British Rallying Greatest Years (1972-2000) Duke Video DM4933 (PAL VHS).
     I'm sorry, I don't know if the video is available in any other formats
but
 Duke have distributors in over 20 countries."

 Jim,
 You had me convinced.  I asked "Santa" for this video, but it turns out the
 "PAL" format is a TV format and not compatible with North American TV's.
 Kudos to Duke video for warning me this format would not work here in the
 US.  This was news to me ... that there are different TV formats.
 Apparently Duke videos are mostly available only in the European PAL
 format.  If anyone knows of a source for this particular video in the North
 American NTSC format, please tell us about it.
 ---------
 Dave C.
  >>

While everything you say is true, I believe the PAL system is not exactly a
"TV format". Years ago my German father wanted to watch european PAL videos
here in the US, so he bought a modified GE VCR that had a small switch to
change the internal VCR speed so he could watch PAL VHS videos. I'm sure one
of these VCR's is still for sale somewhere in the US. Otherwise I know that
it is possible to take the PAL video to a video editing company and have them
"dupe" it to the US VCR speed. I suppose it all depends on how bad you want
it........... (I want it, I have an urq!)

Maybe Jim could convert the urq footage to MPEG video and post it to the web
so we could all watch? ;-)

Dean,
'85 euro urq