----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In article <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes: >> service available in your university/college? If I wanted to acquire >> equipment to transfer videos from European format to VHS what would I need? >> Answers to any of the above questions would be most gratefully received. >> >> Susan Denker, Tufts Univ./Museum School >> Boston >> European format IS VHS, as far as I know, only the colour encoding is different - it's PAL or SECAM, whereas the US and Japan use NTSC. I don't know about your personal situation, but if you, say, acquire tapes from Europe and want to show them in class (without copying them for all your friends....:)), it would be enough to have a Worldwide System-VCR-player, which can play both formats (PAL/SECAM and NTSC). Birgit Kellner Institute for Indian Philosophy University of Hiroshima