The Goonies

[JD]

Thank you..... Maybe ill try getting one of them and see if it plays...

And the quality of the picture SUFFERS when digital is used.... Digi is NOT analogue and will not produce as good sound/colours.....

While I'll disagree a bit that the quality of a picture "SUFFERS" with digital as technology improved and continues to improve. Anyone who can't see the difference between a VHS cassette copy's 330 x 480 resolution and a BluRay's 1920 x 1080 is fooling themselves.

And for futher review: Hi Fi Writer - VHS vs DVD vs Blu-ray

There's also degradation. VHS tape deteriorates - everytime you watch it is going to be slightly worse than the last.

 

[Dude111]

I found a vid of someone trying to view a PAL tape on an NTSC vcr

www.youtube.com/v/4w4bOxJ87qE

 

[robn1]

Thank you..... Maybe ill try getting one of them and see if it plays...

I found a vid of someone trying to view a PAL tape on an NTSC vcr

www.youtube.com/v/4w4bOxJ87qE

It won't play, they are not compatible. You'll need a PAL VCR, or one that is both PAL and NTSC. They used to be available for travelers, and pro work, but I don't know what's out there now.

 

[NormanF]

I am too busy to check, but I believe PAL and NTSC have different picture sizes. The problem with being digitally mastered is not that it was done but whether it was done well or quickly and badly. It seems pointless to do for a VHS since the tape still has to be recorded in analog. Especially since the joke was that NTSC stood for "Never The Same Color".

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[tamplain]

I am too busy to check, but I believe PAL and NTSC have different picture sizes. The problem with being digitally mastered is not that it was done but whether it was done well or quickly and badly. It seems pointless to do for a VHS since the tape still has to be recorded in analog. Especially since the joke was that NTSC stood for "Never The Same Color".

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I thought they had different scan rates. Kinda like US-EU power cycles, 60hz vs 50hz

 

[Viking]

I found a vid of someone trying to view a PAL tape on an NTSC vcr

www.youtube.com/v/4w4bOxJ87qE

So that's what happens, kinda like watching the video from The Ring while Alvin and the chipmunks sing.

 

[Bigdaddy]

I'm a "low" tech person, I just switched to a flat screen last year when my tube TV finally died. I have Goonies on DVD (no BRs for me yet), and I think it looks and sounds great, so do all the DVDs I have. I saw it in the theater on the original release (awesome!) but I don't see or hear the "wrongness" of the digital DVD. Really if we want to see these older movies "as intended" then we'll need a projector, a very large screen and thousands of dollars in audio equipment, not to mention a building to house it all. I recently watched the SW OT (not SE) for the 1st time in over 20 years. It was on a 40" flat screen (tiny by todays standards but HUGE to me :lol ) audio was fed through my 20 yr old Pioneer receiver and 2 Bose speakers (100 watts) The film was in digital format and looked and sounded AWESOME! Same goes for all my old movies, even the Marx Bros and those are getting close to 100 yrs old! On the other hand I hate having to use my VCR, everything looks and sounds like crap (old tape degrading) tracking always has to get adjusted (old machine). I understand the nostalgia of the old tech, but better? I would have been right with you on this until I got a wide flat screen, so much more like a movie experience.

 

[Moviefreak]

Well, I'm ticked because the Silent Film Projector I picked up off eBay isn't working for me. There's no sound.
I am trying to play my guitar as fast as possible, but I just can't cue up to all of Harold Lloyd's antics