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What is the difference between NTSC and PAL formats for a digital hard drive camcorder?
I am trying to buy a hard drive camcorder online, but the description says the camcorder is NTSC format. I thought digital camcorders were all formats, cant they be switched? Whats the difference? Does that mean I cant use it in a PAL country?
Thanks
NTSC is based on the 60 hertz AC frequency we use here.
PAL is based on the 50 hertz AC frequency used in Europe and elsewhere.
For a video recorder there is not much difference as far as the camera is concerned. What makes a difference is if you want to burn the video on to DVD and/or play back on different systems. There is a NTSC standard for 24.97 FPS for DVD usage. This is for Zone 0 compability. This is fine for computer playback, but can be a problem with some tabletop DVD players that are locked to a single zone.
In your computer you can change the format from NTSC to PAL with a video editor. It is not any automatic thing, you have to setup everything correctly.
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