call our australian friends to be PAL I or not to be

[victoriabears]

I wish to send a dvd to a friend in Australia created in PAL I standard.

Now I have seen that an australian vcr I got hold of had problems playing a euopean pal vhs, not serious, but just not a very good playback.

Any help you can give would be great.

[hech54]

PAL is PAL. I'm not sure what you mean by PAL I(?). I've seen listings for PAL (secam) and PAL N and M but have never seen any tape or DVD display this on it's cover.
I know Australian players are MUCH less tolerant of NTSC material than European players(DVD and VHS).

[lordsmurf]

PAL is not PAL ... but it is PAL ...

[pyscrow]

Australian PAL is "PAL B/G"
But never fear, most equipment (DVD's and TV's) sold in Australia in the last 5 years can play all flavours of PAL, and NTCS, without problem.

I have some Stargate TV series DVD's that are PAL I, and they play fine on all my players.

The problem with the Videos was that the audio was in a diferent place on the tape in the two standards, so English videos would play but have no sound on some Australian video players.

[guns1inger]

Thankfully, with DVD, PAL is PAL and NTSC is (still) NTSC. If you can get a clean capture, the DVD playbacl side won't be a problem.

[The_Doman]

The problem with the Videos was that the audio was in a diferent place on the tape in the two standards, so English videos would play but have no sound on some Australian video players.

That only is the case with analog terrestrial broadcast or when you use a RF modulator for video connection.
The English PAL-I broadcasts have the audio at a different frequency.
When using straight video connections (scart/rca) there should be no problem.

[vitualis]

As per Doman.

The "different" PALs are only relevent with broadcast (and ? VHS).

With DVDs, PAL is the same worldwide.

Regards.

[MACCA350]

I thaught Europe used a different framerate to Australia as well as the audio difference?

cheers

[hech54]

I have tons of Aussie DVD's here in Europe....no problems whatsoever....have tons of Aussie VHS tapes too....no problems.

[vitualis]

PAL is 25 fps... always.

Regards.

[The_Doman]

PAL is 25 fps... always.

Well, there exist something like PAL-M.
Which is 29.97 FPS, 525 lines with a PAL Colour System.

[lordsmurf]

I notice problems trying to play PAL Australia tapes on PAL Europe equipment. And vice versa.

I can never get Oz tapes to look good on my German-made UK VCR. And they do not play as well as the UK tapes on the worldwide equipment. Commercial releases or homemade.

Because of this, I want to get a Australian VCR in time, but the budget doesn't allow for it just yet. And stuff in Australia is crazy expensive, makes Europe look cheap, which is crazy expensive compared to USA.

[bugster]

PAL is 25 fps... always.

Well, there exist something like PAL-M.
Which is 29.97 FPS, 525 lines with a PAL Colour System.

Maybe so, but there is no support for it in the DVD spec. AFAIK, Countries that use PAL-M for broadcast (Brazil?) support NTSC for DVD playback.

[hech54]

I notice problems trying to play PAL Australia tapes on PAL Europe equipment. And vice versa.

I can never get Oz tapes to look good on my German-made UK VCR. And they do not play as well as the UK tapes on the worldwide equipment. Commercial releases or homemade.

Because of this, I want to get a Australian VCR in time, but the budget doesn't allow for it just yet. And stuff in Australia is crazy expensive, makes Europe look cheap, which is crazy expensive compared to USA.

I've never noticed a difference between my EU-PAL tapes and AU-PAL tapes. Have you seen that Aussie power plug?....it looks like a broken and twisted 110V U.S. plug....

[mikesbytes]

I can never get Oz tapes to look good on my German-made UK VCR. And they do not play as well as the UK tapes on the worldwide equipment. Commercial releases or homemade.

UK and AU tapes should be identical. Interesting....

Because of this, I want to get a Australian VCR in time, but the budget doesn't allow for it just yet. And stuff in Australia is crazy expensive, makes Europe look cheap, which is crazy expensive compared to USA.

Shop prices are pretty good, if you know where to go. Perhaps not the case with mail order, which isn't very strong yet....

[vitualis]

Agreed.

The only time I go get a mail order / purchase through an on-line store is when I'm trying to buy a relatively uncommon piece of hardware. Otherwise, online prices aren't a whole lot cheaper than what I can get at a large chain.

If I want good prices I go down to the local small computer store... If I want really good prices, I wait for the travelling computer fair which comes to Wollongong (where I live) once a month.

Regards.