bluepill 0 #1 October 10, 2003 OK I've pretty much decided to go for a 101. Does anyone know the best and or cheapest place to get hold of a new one in the UK ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spike 0 #2 October 10, 2003 Wait till you visit the states, they're about 1/2 UK price, and yes they will sell you a PAL version that can DV in AND out, as long as you tell them thats what you want. I bought my PC101e in Florida, price in UK duty free £985, price in Florida $795. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polly 0 #3 October 11, 2003 If i bought a Sony PC101 NTSC camcorder then what would it actually do to my footage? Would i not be able to plug it into a UK TV as usual and view it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #4 October 11, 2003 Try looking on here. http://audiovisual.kelkoo.co.uk/shopbot/search.jsp?from=shopbot&catPath=uk%2FconsumerElectronics&catId=123501&type=Camcorder+%2F+Digital&manufacturer=Sony&category=consumer&product=ok&bundle=ok&keyword=PC+101&maxprice=&x=46&y=12 Or here. http://www.nomatica.com/index.asp?devise=GBP&langue=EN&pays=UK -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spike 0 #5 October 13, 2003 Hi PollyX It depends If your tv or vcr is modern you will probably be able to view the footage. Lots of tvs and vcrs in the UK actually have a label which says NTSC playback. However, that means exactly that, playback only. You cannot record use your NTSC playback vcr to satisfactorily record the NTSC footage from your PC101 onto a VHS tape. This is because the vcr uses a special NTSC4.43 output signal standard to fool PAL tvs into displaying an Ok image. But this isn't good enough for recording with. Ditto if you pop the PC101 (NTSC) tape into a PAL camcorder and use that to playback. While the image will be good enough to view on a tv, it won't be good enough to record onto a vcr. Why do you want to buy an NTSC camcorder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #6 October 14, 2003 If you're shooting in DV, most people put it onto a PC to work with. This eliminates all PAL/NTSC problems as you can simply convert it to whatever format you want or edit it and put it into an MPEG before recording onto VHS or even burn a DVD if you have the drive. (sorry, too many nomenclatures) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
