Playback TRV330 on NTSC TV

[Amateur_J]

I have a SONY TRV33E (PAL) camcorder which I bought in Dubai. I now live in US. So whatever I shoot on this camrcorder, I cannot playback on the TVs in US since the TVs are NTSC. I dont want to spend time by converting these tapes by burning DVDs.

Is there any hardware which converts the TRV playback to NTSC format ? I have 15 Hi-8 cassettes which I want to playback whenever I wish.

Please advise.

[guns1inger]

You mean something like this ?

http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/Misc_htm/m_kdv500.htm

or this simpler version

http://sewelldirect.com/mayflash-pal-to-ntsc-converter.asp

I do not vouch for the accuracy of the conversion or quality of the output. This is just what google gave me.

[Amateur_J]

thanks guns1inger

I bought the PAL to NTSC converter from SEWELL. It works fine. It also displays the Date and time stamp.

It is a little bigger than a Match box.
I would suggest this to anyone who has a SONY TRV330E Hi-8 Camera