Recording PAL to NTSC
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Recording PAL to NTSC
Hey all,
I asked this question in the technology forum and got no response. Hopefully you guys will be able to help.
First off...I want to say that I'm starting this thread as a legitimate question and i'm NOT referencing or advocating bootlegging.
I'm curious as to what happens if you try to make a copy of a PAL DVD on an NTSC dvd recorder. If you hooked up a MALATA or whichever recorder your prefer to one of the newer recorders, would you get a copy of your recording or would there be a problem?
Just curious...i'd be interested in making backups of some of my PAL on NTSC.
I asked this question in the technology forum and got no response. Hopefully you guys will be able to help.
First off...I want to say that I'm starting this thread as a legitimate question and i'm NOT referencing or advocating bootlegging.
I'm curious as to what happens if you try to make a copy of a PAL DVD on an NTSC dvd recorder. If you hooked up a MALATA or whichever recorder your prefer to one of the newer recorders, would you get a copy of your recording or would there be a problem?
Just curious...i'd be interested in making backups of some of my PAL on NTSC.
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Disregarding issues of Macrovision copy protection, the Malata will convert the PAL signal to NTSC for playback. Plugging the Malata into a (presumably NTSC) DVD recorder would then be no different than plugging any other NTSC DVD player into it.