can pioneer DVR-520H-S records PAL

[miron]

hi,

i am considering buying the pioneer DVR-520H-S and taking it back home with me to australia. does anyone know whether the model sold in the USA can record from a PAL source? i know it only plays region 1 ntsc which is not an issue for me. but if it cannot records from a PAL source then it is of no use.

thanks in advance

[ann]

Usually, a recorder will have an NTSC tuner in the US, and a PAL tuner in Europe.

I don't know about DVD recorders, but many TV-cards will only record NTSC in the US, while the European versions will record both.

[Lucien]

hi,

i am considering buying the pioneer DVR-520H-S and taking it back home with me to australia. does anyone know whether the model sold in the USA can record from a PAL source? i know it only plays region 1 ntsc which is not an issue for me. but if it cannot records from a PAL source then it is of no use.

thanks in advance

I highly doubt it. And as mentioned before you're going to get a problem with the tuner anyway.
From what I've heard in this forum the US DR-MH10S should be able to record in PAL (but then again you still don't have a PAL tuner to record from TV and you need probably to buy some power adapters).