mats@dual.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) (04/22/85)
I just returned from a trip to China (PRC), and I need to
supply some video tapes over there, if possible. Brings
up the lovely question of what standards they adhere to.
There was some mention that it might be the same as the
French use, except maybe a bit different. Nobody really
seemed to know. So two questions:
1) Does anyone know what video standards the Chinese use?
2) Does anyone have access to equipment that might aid us
in doing a conversion from the tapes we have.
This is part of a commercial venture, I am not asking for
any freebies.
I think replies directly to me would be more appropriate
than to the net...
Thanks for any help you can provide,
Mats Wichmann
Dual Systems Corp.
...{ucbvax,amd,ihnp4,cbosgd,decwrl,fortune}!dual!matsdavew@shark.UUCP (Dave Williams) (04/23/85)
In article <989@dual.UUCP> mats@dual.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) writes: >I just returned from a trip to China (PRC), and I need to >supply some video tapes over there, if possible. Brings >up the lovely question of what standards they adhere to. >There was some mention that it might be the same as the >French use, except maybe a bit different. Nobody really >seemed to know. So two questions: > >1) Does anyone know what video standards the Chinese use? >2) Does anyone have access to equipment that might aid us > in doing a conversion from the tapes we have. > This is part of a commercial venture, I am not asking for > any freebies. > >I think replies directly to me would be more appropriate >than to the net... > >Thanks for any help you can provide, > > Mats Wichmann > Dual Systems Corp. > ...{ucbvax,amd,ihnp4,cbosgd,decwrl,fortune}!dual!mats According to our crack TV marketing group that has sold equipment into the PRC, the TV standard they are using is PAL-D. This is similar to what Western Europe, except France, is using. The -D standard uses a wider video to aural spacing for more video bandwidth plus more group delay pre-correction. This involves the transmitted signal only and the base band signal is identical to European PAL. Tapes recorded on a PAL machine will work in China. They use 625 line, 25 fps interlaced. Power mains are generally 220 VAC, 50 Hz and a European power cord will usually work if you have to send them hardware. There are a number of duplicating companies in the LA area that can dupe tapes to this format. I suggest looking in an LA Yellow Pages directory. -- Dave Williams Tektronix, Inc. Engineering Computing Systems "The 6000 Family" "The workstations that made Wilsonville famous."