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NTSC-PAL Converters are also called Standards Converters and allow you to convert video signals between a wide variety of worldwide broadcast television standards, such as NTSC, PAL and SECAM. Bi-directional conversion allows you to go in both directions. For example, if you have a video tape from Europe in the PAL standard and a PAL VCR, you can play it back through a Standards Converter and change it to an NTSC signal to view it on a regular USA-type TV Set or record it onto a standard USA-type VCR. We offer three levels of standards conversion:
(1) Full Digital Conversion and Processing (AVT-1670) provides better overall performance, less video noise in the picture, superior motion compensation and a built-in Time Base Corrector to compensate for unstable video tapes.
(2) Digital Conversion (AVT-1660), meaning the actual conversion process is digital, but some of the support circuitry is analog, is fine for normal applications where there are few fast motion scenes, such as car chases. These type scenes may result in some motion artifacts in the picture.
(3) Analog Conversion (AVT-1610) is very basic and only converts the image enough to make it visible on a TV Set and is not suitable for recording the resulting converted video on a VCR. In some cases, Analog conversion results in a black and white image instead of color.
| Model | Description | Lashen's Price |
5 or More |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVT-1660 | Digital Bi-directional NTSC-PAL-SECAM Converter | $ 278.99 | $ 261.56 |
AVT-1660 Standards Converter (formerly known as the CDM-660) allows you to freely convert between various worldwide television standards. The input system can be NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43, PAL, MAL-M, PAL-N or SECAM and output system can be either NTSC or PAL. The AVT-1660 provides inputs and outputs for Composite and S-Video signals. This high quality digital device converts between 50 and 60 Field Rates and between 525 and 625 Line Rates.
