From: "Fides" <fides at kludgeco.com> > Matthew Hunter wrote: Re: NTC & PAL videos > > As far as I know, they won't play at all -- no scaling or > > skewing, just a non-functional tape. > > Wow. Our tape player plays both. Most modern European ones do these > days. I'm told most US ones don't bother for some reason (I guess they > don't think you will ever need to do it). Pretty much same down under. We can play both formats. I can't dub tape to tape from an NTSC video but I can certainly play them on my machine. For what it's worth it seems NTSC videos also play their *normal* speed at a faster rate than PAL videos. The amount of tape for a 1 hour recording is significantly more than for the same programme in PAL. Baralier -- Good planning and organisation are just crutches for people who can't handle stress and caffeine. http://members.optushome.com.au/velvetspyder Costumier & Reprobate