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Old 07-18-2011, 06:56 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda View Post
Of course not -- because DVD has become the standard for video technology (although Blue-Ray is now trying to edge it out). If I recall correctly, PAL and VHS had a battle over video format for quite a while before VHS became the industry standard.
Sorry, but you don't recall correctly. PAL corresponds to the US NTSC. PAL was the European standard for colour TV and NTSC the American one.

VHS and Betamax were rival videotape formats. So you needed to buy, say. NTSC VHS recording or perhaps a PAL VHS one, depending on your TV and your tape player. See this account of the struggle over format.
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