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Hi !
I lugged back a Magnavox ZV427MG9 DVD recorder/VCR with line in recording (No tuner) from the US to India, not realizing the different formats of tapes.
Having around 20 old home video tapes from the 90's in the PAL format, which need conversion to digital - I tried setting the Magnavox up with mixed results.
I have a Sony Bravia TV , which is , of course, PAL
The PAL tapes play in the Magnavox, and with an HDMI output, play in the Sony Bravia TV - although the image is black and white and the voices sound like minions / donald duck.
Now, what is the road ahead for me, to get all the tapes into a hard drive, with minimal headache and fooling around?
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A US (NTSC) VHS player does not play PAL tapes. At all.
PAL VHS players play both PAL and NTSC tapes (although they output NTSC tapes in PAL60 format which is fine for TVs but most capture hardware do not support it).
You need a PAL VHS player, or have the tapes transferred by a professional. -
Just to make sure....record one of those tapes in the Magnavox to a blank DVD.....not the whole tape....just 5 to 10 minutes. Finalize it(or whatever term Mangavox uses) then test the DVD in a computer. If it is still B&W on a computer you are screwed.
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Your thread title actually sounds like it would be a good film title!
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Oh yeah, I did get screwed.
I recorded 2 hours of tapes from a eurotrip from 1995 to a DVD and FINALIZED it.
It got put into 4 different files with VOB whatever in the name.
Then....played it via VLC on my PC.
The video was worse than when the VCR was playing the VHS tape directly to the TV
Apart from Donald duck and the minions, you had plenty of blank black screens..
So, yes, getting it done by a professional is what sounds right. But I'm not sure about the quality that I will get. I did get it done earlier here, and the results were okayish. Cost was around 500 Indian rupees per tape. i.e 9USD per tape.
I was REALLY hoping that I could find some use for this NTSC player...but it may just get ebayed after all! -
Is India PAL? I guess so.
Anyway....that machine should have a "Line In" input. A PAL VHS machine directly into the Magnavox MIGHT work. My old Philips DVD recorder(DVDR 985) would record in either NTSC or PAL to a fresh DVD.
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