Help please - video numptie....

[Lee B]

Originally Posted by David P

Lee - I suspect you're right but can't be sure. In my case it's a Sony PDX10P (so serious but not pro kit). The manual does though say "NTSC PB ... 1. On PAL TV ... to play back a tape recorded in the NTSC colour system on a PAL system TV ... 2. NTSC 4.43 ... to play back a tape recorded in the NTSC colour system on a TV with the NTSC 4.43 mode" - though I have a suspicion that even if this works, it'll end up with a pseudo-NTSC output which (judging by my VHS experience) a TV may cope with but a PC won't!

Ah so you have one of the more expensive Prosumer. I bet that might actually do it

[Lee B]

Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill

Thank you so much to all of you who posted or PMd - and especial thanks to PennSimon who offered to do it for me

My son's friends are both computer geeks and americans so on the of chance I contacted them - and they sorted it out for me this afternonn - phew

Did they use a US Camcorder Clare

[David P]

Originally Posted by Lee B

Ah so you have one of the more expensive Prosumer. I bet that might actually do it

Yeah, largely 'cos it's decent (had a TRV900 before that - beauty!) and does proper 16:9 format. They at least feel like they're properly made - and the results are impressive.
I was undecided. I know some of Sony's semi-pro HD cams will handle both PAL and NTSC tapes, but wasn't sure whether mine would. Anyway, if Clare's sorted, all to the good.

[Pen Simon]

I have a Sony studio deck for dumping material to my edit suite.

It is a DSR-25 which gives true NTSC (USA) or PAL (UK) playback or record.

[Lee B]

Originally Posted by Pen Simon

I have a Sony studio deck for dumping material to my edit suite.

It is a DSR-25 which gives true NTSC (USA) or PAL (UK) playback or record.

Exacly what I am looking for at the moment.