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Gary Istok wrote:
> Just a reminder/warning about European video tapes. They are a different
> format than USA tapes. I made the mistake about 11 years ago of taking a family
> videotape to Germany. They are the same size, and look identical. But you
> cannot play European and USA tapes on each others VCRs! (Well you can, but
> there is no picture or sound, it looks like playing an empty tape).
It is possible to get VCRs in the US which can read European tapes (PAL
and I think SECAM is another format?). I think these especially started
to become popular when the anime genre really started to take off.
FUT: lugnet.off-topic.geek
Frank
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