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Price Paid:
$317.00
from Tech Depot Summary:
I bought this VCR so that my sister in Britain could send me videos of British TV. I was a little concerned to read some reports that the conversion in this VCR made the picture poorer quality than with a standalone converter. But I needn't have worried. The picture looks fine to me, it's as good as I get US network TV. It is an expensive VCR - but worth it to get my fix of Brit TV. Strengths:
Easy to watch British PAL video tapes on a US NTSC TV.
I could connect my British PAL video camera, watch them on US standard TV and copy them onto US tapes. Weaknesses:
The provision of multiple inputs/output standards makes it a little more complicated to use than a normal VCR. Before I got used to the equipment I accidentally recorded a US netwrok TV transmission as being European PAL and it was unwatchable. But it was my mistake.
Why does the feature of watching foreign tapes have to be so expensive? Most British VCR's will play US tapes - even inexpensive VCR's. But this seemed to be the least expensive product that does it in the USA that I could find.
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