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  1. Member
    Join Date: Jul 2005
    Location: california
    I've read that there are recorders capable of recording PAL and NTSC. I've got a Samsung MultiSystem VCR that plays NTSC, PAL, and SECAM tapes and was wondering if I got a recorder that could record PAL and set the Samsung to PAL output, would one of those recorders actually do a PAL recording?
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  2. Member hech54's Avatar
    Join Date: Jul 2001
    Location: Yank in Europe
    The old Philips machines used to record PAL and NTSC (via the RCA/Cinch connectors - and I think it worked with S-video too)....but that was quite a few years ago. Not many DVD recorders actually "advertise" the fact that their machine records both....most of us found out by trial and error....like I did with my old Philips DVDR985...that still works by the way....just don't record much to DVDR anymore.
    Somebody else will chime in soon with a newer model that records both I'm sure.
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    Join Date: Nov 2007
    Location: Burnsville(Minneapolis)MN
    WI has many DVDRs that record in NTSC and PAL. Some even convert from one to the other on the fly.
    http://www.world-import.com/panasonic-dvd-r.htm
    I almost bought one of those Philips 985s used last year until I started reading old posts. Count yourself lucky yours is still working
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    My Pioneer does it, so long as you tell it what the input system will be. Even does PAL60.
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  5. Member hech54's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by jjeff
    WI has many DVDRs that record in NTSC and PAL. Some even convert from one to the other on the fly.
    http://www.world-import.com/panasonic-dvd-r.htm
    Places like Import World can be and often are a HUGE RIPOFF too. Charging extra
    money for applying a simple do-it-yourself region hack and exchanging a power plug on a unit
    that is already set up from the factory to accept 110V through 220V is the stuff of moronic legend.
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