PAL and NTSC Conversion

Some countries use different formats for video tapes. Two most widely used formats are PAL (Europe, Asia) and NTSC (USA, Mexico).

So if you have a tape from your Russian friend and cannot watch it, then that's probably the case. Your VCR is set up to play NTSC tapes and the tape you have is in PAL.

1. First of all, you can check if you VCR has a NTSC/PAL switch, because some advanced VCRs have it. If this is the case, you just set you VCR to the PAL mode.If you VCR can only play NTSC tapes, then you've got a problem.

2. You either need to buy a new VCR that plays PAL or, if you are a MSSC student or a faculty member, you can request your tapes to be converted into NTSC format at the

International Language Resource Center Webster Hall, Room #343.