<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Please excuse my ignorance because I really don't know, but I have seen archived ads in European used equipment resellers for a couple of Ampex AVR2-U's that said they were universal machines capable of running both NTSC and PAL. </DIV>
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<DIV>Could somebody have been marketing a modified machine for Europe? </DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 4/29/11, Trevor Brown <I><videovault@sky.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1848103231MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tr70 B is the best, try and avoid the TR 70C the digital servos can be unforgiving</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1848103231MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com [mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Chill315@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 April 2011 16:11<BR><B>To:</B> quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [QuadList] High and Low band on AVR-2 via new board set (was Multi Standa...</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1848103231MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I forgot about your new boards. The problem is still the servos and the TBC. These are different between the 525 and 625 machines. The TBC in PAL is not compatible with NTSC. So again it is a major issue.</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1848103231MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">He wants to do both NTSC and PAL. If it were not that, yes an AVR-2 is the answer. But with both formats, the Universal Colortec is the only thing that allows the PAL VR-1200 to play back NTSC tapes. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1848103231MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">That is one of the nice things about the VR-1200. It has built in the servo system for both 525 and 625. The FM standards are all there. Both 525 and 625.</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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