On Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:53 AM, Dave DeBarger wrote:

(snip)
> It is unlikely that your VCR can successfully convert between these two
> standards (although I suppose anything is possible!)   There are several
VCRs
> on the market that can playback both formats, but because of the great
> differences in signal electronics these machines normally work in only one
> format at a time.  NTSC tapes play back NTSC video, and PAL tapes play
back PAL
> video.

> I didn't mean to run on so long with this non-scuba information, but the
> explanation took longer than I expected!  My apologies . . .

Mate!  No need to apologise, I learned a lot from that - including the fact
that those folks in the States who asked for a copy will have to try and
watch it on a compatible VCR!  :-)

(I'll run off some copies and send them out on my return from our diving
trip to Queensland - sometime in early August!  But in the meanwhile, I've
sent it over to Viv so that she can see what I've been crapping on about!)
:-)

Strike