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RTheManF89 — 11 years ago(February 04, 2015 12:11 PM)

Anyone own or know of the Panasonic NV-SJ50 Multisystem VCR? I found one at Goodwill the other week and it does work, but unfortunately, I popped a test PAL tape in and the tape still plays as if it were playing in an ordinary VCR, despite it being region-free. On Facebook, I was told that I need a PAL-to-NTSC tuner to make it work, but which tuner would be the best one? Any help is appreciated.
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Sorry for the late reply, but I have less than satisfactory experience with computer capture cards. I have acquired though, a Mini PAL-to-NTSC converter box but the picture is all jerky when attached. Still, it might be a step in the right direction.
A video capture card would not help you either.
What you need is a VCR, who is able to convert PAL to NTSC all by its own.
These VCR's are not cheap, they are very expensive both new and second hand at places like eBay.
Just beware with the one janX9 is linking to. Its cheap to buy, but the repair it requires can end up costing you about $100 in parts and service fee.
A tip for you would be to check out what pawnshops has to offer of VCR's.
You might be lucky to find a fully functional VCR there, who is also able to play PAL tapes.

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Hey UpsideDownChickenMan, how about this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-SLV-X711-Multi-System-VHS-VCR-plays-PAL-M ESECAM-NTSC-4-Head-120V-220V-/221698775441?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&h ash=item339e46d991
It's pretty inexpensive, may be worth considering. Also, there are a lot of region free VHS>DVD Player machines out there. Mine only cost me $109 CAD new and that was years ago, I'm sure there are cheaper ones out there now.
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Sorry for the late reply, but I have less than satisfactory experience with computer capture cards. I have acquired though, a Mini PAL-to-NTSC converter box but the picture is all jerky when attached. Still, it might be a step in the right direction.
http://houstonrambler.blogspot.com/

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Try a TV capture card or USB dongle those are often multiformat capable. Then you can capture the video to the computer and save it as something more convenient. I used a Hauppauge WinTV PVR card to record from a PAL camcorder, then burned it as a PAL DVD.

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