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Subject: 
Re: Vast wasteland (was Re: Counting parts
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:43:15 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
> John Neal wrote:
> 
> > Tom McDonald wrote:
> > 
> > > In lugnet.general, John Neal writes:
> > > 
> > > > BTW, if anyone out there is a faithful watcher and would like to fill me
> > > > in, feel free!  (did Janway leave?!) Also, I missed the series finale of
> > > > DS9-- poo!
> > > 
> > > I didn't watch the DS9 finale, but I taped it. I want to watch it tonight, • and
> > > its 2 hours long. I hope I get the chance. So if someone else wants to • post the
> > > results for John that'd be nice or else I plan to do it tomorrow. Include
> > > SPOILER in the subject line please :)
> > > 
> > > Or perhaps he might want to borrow the tape when I'm done with it?
> > 
> > Ooh, ooh, yes!!  Let's talk! :-)
> > BTW, thanks for the spoiler!!
> > 
> > -John
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -Tom McD.
> > > when replying, remember there's no finale to spamcake: the ubiquitous • frontier.
> 
> One thing to remember the Video tape format is different in the USA versus • Europe.  I
> found that out many years ago when I took a family video tape with me to my • cousin in
> Germany.  The tape went into their VCR OK, but it played garbage.  From what I
> remember, you would need a US VCR and a European VCR and copy a tape from one • format
> to the other.

That's very true. NTSC format vs PAL. Different resolutions and such. But
actually to do it professionally, if I'm understanding these things correctly,
you need a resolution converter too or else you might end up with something
like a letterbox effect when dubbing to PAL, as it has more lines vertically.
Or you could lose data dubbing to NTSC..

Dang.. I almost forgot that Michigan was another country.

-Tom McD.
when replying, don't play your spamcake in the VCR



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  Re: Vast wasteland (was Re: Counting parts
 
(...) One thing to remember the Video tape format is different in the USA versus Europe. I found that out many years ago when I took a family video tape with me to my cousin in Germany. The tape went into their VCR OK, but it played garbage. From (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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