Video Gurus!!! HDV Camera question!!! NTSC/PAL!!!
 

I found a HDV camera in store on eBay and it's about $400 less then in a store here so I am really interested in buying it. My problem now is that the model the guys on eBay are selling is a NTSC model of the camera and I am in Europe where we use PAL.

What problems would I run in to if I would buy a NTSC camera and living in a PAL region.


Thanks in advance! :thumbsup

editing system and configuration has to be set to ntsc which is pretty easy.
However if you want to play it on tv afterwards you are gonna or could have problems.

For the internet though nothing cause you can switch your comp to NTSC pretty easily.

Does not matter PAL or NTSC if you convert with software and put on the web. TV's. DVD's etc is another story. Anyway you cant see 1080i footage on normal TV without distortion..:-) Bravia here I come !!!

if you are using it for web only video, you won't have any problems, you'll just need to set your editing software to NTSC when using that camera. You will not be able to play tapes from your NTSC camera in your PAL camera, and vice versa.

Ntsc
 

I have heard Europeans say this many times... NTSC = Never the Same Color :winkwink: Nevertheless, I have been using an NTSC camera for webvideo in Europe and never really experienced any problems. Are you planning to publish your vids on DVD?

Yeah I might want to publish the vids on DVD what problems would I have then?

bumpage..

NTSC consists of 525 lines and 30 frames per second (29.95 actually)
PAL consists of 625 lines and 25 frames per second.

You can not play PAL on a NTSC player and vice versa.

You're better off with NTSC than PAL as it is more widely used.

you have to output to Pal then very simple process.

Multisystem
 

I also think that a lot of Europeans have players capable of playing both NTSC and PAL as opposed to US customers who might only have NTSC capable players. (VCR or DVD) But you can encode your videos into the two formats. Just make sure your customers are aware of what kind of format they want to buy.

TV standards worldwide
 

I thought this might help...

Code Country Standard
AF Afghanistan PAL
AL Albania PAL
DZ Algeria PAL
AS American Samoa NTSC
AD Andorra PAL
AO Angola PAL
AI Anguilla PAL
AQ Antarctica PAL
AG Antigua and Barbuda NTSC
AR Argentina PAL
AM Armenia PAL
AW Aruba PAL
AC Ascension Island PAL
AU Australia PAL
AT Austria PAL
AZ Azerbaijan PAL
BS Bahamas NTSC
BH Bahrain PAL
BD Bangladesh PAL
BB Barbados NTSC
BY Belarus PAL
BE Belgium PAL
BZ Belize PAL
BJ Benin PAL
BM Bermuda NTSC
BT Bhutan PAL
BO Bolivia NTSC
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina PAL
BW Botswana PAL
BV Bouvet Island PAL
BR Brazil PAL
IO British Indian Ocean Territory PAL
BN Brunei Darussalam PAL
BG Bulgaria PAL
BF Burkina Faso PAL
BI Burundi PAL
KH Cambodia NTSC
CM Cameroon PAL
CA Canada NTSC
CV Cap Verde PAL
KY Cayman Islands PAL
CF Central African Republic PAL
TD Chad PAL
CL Chile NTSC
CN China PAL
CX Christmas Island PAL
CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands PAL
CO Colombia NTSC
KM Comoros PAL
CD Congo, Democratic Republic of the PAL
CG Congo, Republic of PAL
CK Cook Islands PAL
CR Costa Rica NTSC
CI Cote d'Ivoire PAL
HR Croatia/Hrvatska PAL
CU Cuba NTSC
CY Cyprus PAL
CZ Czech Republic PAL
DK Denmark PAL
DJ Djibouti PAL
DM Dominica PAL
DO Dominican Republic NTSC
TP East Timor PAL
EC Ecuador NTSC
EG Egypt PAL
SV El Salvador NTSC
GQ Equatorial Guinea PAL
ER Eritrea PAL
EE Estonia PAL
ET Ethiopia PAL
FK Falkland Islands (Malvina) PAL
FO Faroe Islands PAL
FJ Fiji PAL
FI Finland PAL
FR France PAL
GF French Guiana PAL
PF French Polynesia PAL
TF French Southern Territories PAL
GA Gabon PAL
GM Gambia PAL
GE Georgia PAL
DE Germany PAL
GH Ghana PAL
GI Gibraltar PAL
GR Greece PAL
GL Greenland NTSC
GD Grenada NTSC
GP Guadeloupe PAL
GU Guam NTSC
GT Guatemala NTSC
GG Guernsey PAL
GN Guinea PAL
GW Guinea-Bissau PAL
GY Guyana PAL
HT Haiti NTSC
HM Heard and McDonald Islands PAL
VA Holy See (City Vatican State) PAL
HN Honduras NTSC
HK Hong Kong PAL
HU Hungary PAL
IS Iceland PAL
IN India PAL
ID Indonesia PAL
IR Iran (Islamic Republic of) PAL
IQ Iraq PAL
IE Ireland PAL
IM Isle of Man PAL
IL Israel PAL
IT Italy PAL
JM Jamaica NTSC
JP Japan NTSC
JE Jersey NTSC
JO Jordan PAL
KZ Kazakhstan PAL
KE Kenya PAL
KI Kiribati PAL
KP Korea, Democratic People's Republic PAL
KR Korea, Republic of NTSC
KW Kuwait PAL
KG Kyrgyzstan PAL
LA Lao People's Democratic Republic PAL
LV Latvia PAL
LB Lebanon PAL
LS Lesotho PAL
LR Liberia PAL
LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya PAL
LI Liechtenstein PAL
LT Lithuania PAL
LU Luxembourg PAL
MO Macau PAL
MK Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic PAL
MG Madagascar PAL
MW Malawi PAL
MY Malaysia PAL
MV Maldives PAL
ML Mali PAL
MT Malta PAL
MH Marshall Islands PAL
MQ Martinique PAL
MR Mauritania PAL
MU Mauritius PAL
YT Mayotte PAL
MX Mexico NTSC
FM Micronesia, Federal State of NTSC
MD Moldova, Republic of PAL
MC Monaco PAL
MN Mongolia PAL
MS Montserrat PAL
MA Morocco PAL
MZ Mozambique PAL
MM Myanmar NTSC
NA Namibia PAL
NR Nauru PAL
NP Nepal PAL
NL Netherlands PAL
AN Netherlands Antilles NTSC
NC New Caledonia PAL
NZ New Zealand PAL
NI Nicaragua NTSC
NE Niger PAL
NG Nigeria PAL
NU Niue PAL
NF Norfolk Island PAL
MP Northern Mariana Islands PAL
NO Norway PAL
OM Oman PAL
PK Pakistan PAL
PW Palau PAL
PS Palestinian Territories PAL
PA Panama NTSC
PG Papua New Guinea PAL
PY Paraguay PAL
PE Peru NTSC
PH Philippines NTSC
PN Pitcairn Island PAL
PL Poland PAL
PT Portugal PAL
PR Puerto Rico NTSC
QA Qatar PAL
RE Reunion Island PAL
RO Romania PAL
RU Russian Federation PAL
RW Rwanda PAL
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis NTSC
LC Saint Lucia NTSC
VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NTSC
SM San Marino PAL
ST Sao Tome and Principe PAL
SA Saudi Arabia PAL
SN Senegal PAL
SC Seychelles PAL
SL Sierra Leone PAL
SG Singapore PAL
SK Slovak Republic PAL
SI Slovenia PAL
SB Solomon Islands NTSC
SO Somalia PAL
ZA South Africa PAL
GS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands NTSC
ES Spain PAL
LK Sri Lanka PAL
SH St Helena PAL
PM St Pierre and Miquelon PAL
SD Sudan PAL
SR Suriname NTSC
SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NTSC
SZ Swaziland PAL
SE Sweden PAL
CH Switzerland PAL
SY Syrian Arab Republic PAL
TW Taiwan NTSC
TJ Tajikistan PAL
TZ Tanzania PAL
TH Thailand PAL
TG Togo PAL
TK Tokelau NTSC
TO Tonga NTSC
TT Trinidad and Tobago NTSC
TN Tunisia PAL
TR Turkey PAL
TM Turkmenistan PAL
TC Turks and Caicos Islands NTSC
TV Tuvalu PAL
UG Uganda PAL
UA Ukraine PAL
AE United Arab Emirates PAL
UK United Kingdom PAL
US United States NTSC
UY Uruguay PAL
UM US Minor Outlying Islands NTSC
UZ Uzbekistan PAL
VU Vanuatu PAL
VE Venezuela NTSC
VN Vietnam PAL
VG Virgin Islands (British) NTSC
VI Virgin Islands (USA) NTSC
WF Wallis and Futuna Islands NTSC
EH Western Sahara PAL
WS Western Samoa NTSC
YE Yemen NTSC
YU Yugoslavia PAL
ZM Zambia PAL
ZW Zimbabwe PAL