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

[Michael L. Riebs]

I know there are places - although I have never actually found one - where
you can have PAL converted to NTSC and vice-versa. Try a video production
studio or a news station. They may have the equipment to do those
conversions. Wonder what the cost would be for that?

Michael Riebs
Grand Rapids, MI
'90 V8Q (#7)
'98 A6Q Avant (#6)
Only 6 & 7 remain.

----- Original Message -----
From: <KAMMLER1 at aol.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: This is the video to get - but not for the US


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