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The cost and headaches of making a primo standards conversion are extremely - [The World vs. America - Or how to convert PAL into the inferior American NTSC](https://betasptodvd.com/the-world-vs-america-or-how-to-convert-pal-into-the-inferior-american-ntsc/) - It's a village. The world is now a village and videotapes and files are flying all over the place via Fedex, CD, FTP, or good old fashioned sneaker-ware (files on a hard drive that are hand-carried to another user). Years ago, the world adopted its video standards. The world went with PAL and the United States - [The marvelous, magical, multi-format video tape decks of today!](https://betasptodvd.com/the-marvelous-magical-multi-format-video-tape-decks-of-today/) - Wow! Life is good when you're in love. And I'm really in love... with my machines, that is. Two of my Sony videotape machines are so sexy! Not only are they ultra-easy use, but they leave me awe-struck by the huge number of formats they play!! 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The recorded - [PAL](https://betasptodvd.com/formats/pal/) - PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analog color television encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are SECAM and NTSC. This page primarily discusses the colour encoding system. See the articles on broadcast television systems and analogue television for additional discussion of frame rates, image - [HDV](https://betasptodvd.com/formats/hdv/) - HDV is a format for recording of high-definition video on DV cassette tape. The format was originally developed by JVC and supported by Sony, Canon and Sharp. The four companies formed the HDV consortium in September 2003. 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