Originally posted by: Rattlehead
...Your PAL set, is it compatible with NTSC at all? Basically, is it worth getting if all your equipment is NTSC like mine? Good question, and difficult for me to answer because I don't have a lot of knowledge about playing PAL on NTSC equipment.
1. Worst case scenario is that it won't play at all, or it will play in black and white with a rolling picture - in this case then obviously it's not worth getting.
2. If your DVD player can do on-the-fly conversion but your TV is NTSC only, then you would get a stable picture in colour, but would lose some of the extra resolution and the playback might be jerky. If this is the case, you might want to take a look but personally I'd still recommend getting an NTSC version.
3. If you have a display device that is truly PAL-compatible, or if you use a digital display (e.g. a software DVD player on a PC connected to a LCD screen) then it would be worth getting.
Originally posted by: Rattlehead
... For the specs of each transfer, under "Capture Source" you list "ADC." What does that stand for? And Why does TR47's version have a Digital8 video camera listed under ADC?
ADC stands for Analogue to Digital Converter; this is the device that converts the analogue signal from the laserdisc player into digital form. Many digital video cameras have inputs that convert an analogue signal into DV for transfer into a PC via a firewire cable - this is the method used to create the TR47 version. ...Your PAL set, is it compatible with NTSC at all? Basically, is it worth getting if all your equipment is NTSC like mine? Good question, and difficult for me to answer because I don't have a lot of knowledge about playing PAL on NTSC equipment.
1. Worst case scenario is that it won't play at all, or it will play in black and white with a rolling picture - in this case then obviously it's not worth getting.
2. If your DVD player can do on-the-fly conversion but your TV is NTSC only, then you would get a stable picture in colour, but would lose some of the extra resolution and the playback might be jerky. If this is the case, you might want to take a look but personally I'd still recommend getting an NTSC version.
3. If you have a display device that is truly PAL-compatible, or if you use a digital display (e.g. a software DVD player on a PC connected to a LCD screen) then it would be worth getting.
Originally posted by: Rattlehead
... For the specs of each transfer, under "Capture Source" you list "ADC." What does that stand for? And Why does TR47's version have a Digital8 video camera listed under ADC?