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John Murray Aug 2nd 2002 8:08 pm

US/UK camcorders
 
Does anyone know if camcorders are able to be used in both UK and USA?

I am shortly going to visit USA, and was considering buying a camcorder to record my visit.

I know from previous experience that USA video recorders work on NTSC format and UK videos work on the PAL system.

If I buy a camcorder in UK - would it work in USA?

If I buy a camcorder over there - would I be able to use it back in UK?

Any views or directions to sources of info would be appreciated.

Gareth Aug 2nd 2002 11:20 pm

Re: US/UK camcorders
 
If you buy a NTSC camera here and then want to use it back in Britain, you will need
to find a TV that takes the NTSC signal. Considering that most quality large tellies
in Europe (>28") are multistandard (PAL+NTSC), you should be OK. As far as I know,
Sony and Toshiba televisions work with NTSC signals. If you wanted to record what you
taped to a VCR, then that would be a different matter! There are a few that will take
NTSC signals - check with your local Dixons.

If you buy a PAL camera and record stuff here and want to play it back here, then you
might have problems. TVs here tend to be NTSC only and not multistandard. When I
emigrated to Canada, I had a load of PAL tapes with me that I was loathe to give up.
So I had to search for a multistandard VCR - an Aiwa. My PAL camcorder was more
hassle than it was worth and is lying in the back of a drawer somewhere!

As to power supplies - most camcorders work on 110-220V anyway. But it should be
something you should check.

Hope this helps

G

"John Murray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Does anyone know if camcorders are able to be used in both UK and USA?
    >
    > I am shortly going to visit USA, and was considering buying a camcorder to record
    > my visit.
    >
    > I know from previous experience that USA video recorders work on NTSC format and UK
    > videos work on the PAL system.
    >
    > If I buy a camcorder in UK - would it work in USA?
    >
    > If I buy a camcorder over there - would I be able to use it back in UK?
    >
    > Any views or directions to sources of info would be appreciated.
    >
    >
    >
    > --

Keith Willshaw Aug 3rd 2002 12:20 am

Re: US/UK camcorders
 
"John Murray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Does anyone know if camcorders are able to be used in both UK and USA?
    >
    > I am shortly going to visit USA, and was considering buying a camcorder to record
    > my visit.
    >
    > I know from previous experience that USA video recorders work on NTSC format and UK
    > videos work on the PAL system.
    >
    > If I buy a camcorder in UK - would it work in USA?
    >

Sure but tapes recorded on it wont work in US video tape players

    > If I buy a camcorder over there - would I be able to use it back in UK?

Depends

There a lot of recorders in the UK that will play NTSC tapes, of course your TV needs
to handle NTSC too but a lot of them do.

Keith

David Lewis Aug 3rd 2002 9:21 am

Re: US/UK camcorders
 
In article <[email protected]>, Gareth
<[email protected]> writes
    >If you wanted to record what you taped to a VCR, then that would be a different
    >matter! There are a few that will take NTSC signals - check with your local Dixons.
I think most video recorders are dual standard, now.

Marie
--
David Lewis [email protected]

Paul Kittel Aug 3rd 2002 9:21 am

Re: US/UK camcorders
 
John Murray wrote:

    > Does anyone know if camcorders are able to be used in both UK and USA?
    >
    > I am shortly going to visit USA, and was considering buying a camcorder to record
    > my visit.
    >
    > I know from previous experience that USA video recorders work on NTSC format and UK
    > videos work on the PAL system.
    >
    > If I buy a camcorder in UK - would it work in USA?
    >
    > If I buy a camcorder over there - would I be able to use it back in UK?
    >
    > Any views or directions to sources of info would be appreciated.
    >
    > --

Some camcorders are able to play back in both, NTSC or PAL. My Hitachi does, and you
might want to look into one of those.

Paul

Keith Willshaw Aug 3rd 2002 1:20 pm

Re: US/UK camcorders
 
"David Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > In article <[email protected]>, Gareth
    > <[email protected]> writes
    > >If you wanted to record what you taped to a VCR, then that would be a different
    > >matter! There are a few that will take NTSC signals - check
with
    > >your local Dixons.
    > I think most video recorders are dual standard, now.
    >

Most will PLAY NTSC but you cant record in that format without a special
multiformat recorder

I can play tapes send to me by a buddy in Chicago but he cant play tapes I send him.

Keith

Moira Riddell Aug 3rd 2002 9:20 pm

Re: US/UK camcorders
 
If you have a PC you can upload your videos and play them back on a PC

M

"Paul Kittel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    >
    >
    > John Murray wrote:
    >
    > > Does anyone know if camcorders are able to be used in both UK and USA?
    > >
    > > I am shortly going to visit USA, and was considering buying a camcorder to record
    > > my visit.
    > >
    > > I know from previous experience that USA video recorders work on NTSC format and
    > > UK videos work on the PAL system.
    > >
    > > If I buy a camcorder in UK - would it work in USA?
    > >
    > > If I buy a camcorder over there - would I be able to use it back in UK?
    > >
    > > Any views or directions to sources of info would be appreciated.
    > >
    > > --
    >
    > Some camcorders are able to play back in both, NTSC or PAL. My Hitachi does, and
    > you might want to look into one of those.
    >
    > Paul


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