Re: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon Double Pack

[Ulrich Grepel <uli@zoodle.robin.de>]

Hi!

Fernando wrote:
> I have acces to one of these anI really want to buy it, but the format is PAL
> SECAM.
> Will it work with my standard American VHS VCR???

First, it's either PAL or SECAM, not both (that's only the same for S-VHS
recordings, and for empty tapes, which are not NTSC as well because a 240 minutes
PAL tape corresponds to approx. 171 minutes NTSC tape [otherwise empty tapes
are exchangeable]).

Second, no, it won't. If you have a standard American VCR, it'll use NTSC. There
are multisystem VCRs around, e.g. here in Germany (PAL-country) there's a lot
of VCRs (even not-too-expensive-ones) by now that can play NTSC tapes on PAL TVs.
But not all can do, and it's a fairly recent feature to get quite common.

Third, the Live at Hammersmith video plus CD double pack is in principle also
available in an NTSC version. I do own one for example, bought in May 96 in the
US of A in a regular shop.

Bye,

Uli

P.S.: I'm still working on my email backlog and on a new issue of the FAQ. I'm
sorry that it'll be a month late.


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