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Don't know much about the different formats, but I hope this answers your question. From VideoInterchange.com/pal_secam_conversions.htm: "What are the PAL-B, G, H, I & D Variations all about ? Here's another question we're constantly asked...Pal-B, G, H, I and D as far as the actual video is concerned, are all the same format. That is: they are all PAL. There is no difference. All use the 625/50 line/field rate..... scan at 15,625 h-lines/sec and use a 4.433618 color subcarrier frequency. The only difference is in how the signal is modulated for broadcast. Thus the B, G, H, I & D designate broadcast variations as opposed to any variation of the video format. PAL-I for example, has been allocated a wider bandwidth than PAL-B, necessitating that the sound carrier is placed 6Mhz above the picture instead of 5.5 MHz above the picture carrier. Thus a PAL-I TV (the United Kingdom for example) will get no sound if taken to the Netherlands for example (PAL-B) if all the TV's tuner is able to decode is PAL-I. (Fortunately, most European tuners support most of the broadcast variations ). This is why for example, you won't find a standards converter that will convert a video from PAL-B to PAL-I. There's simply nothing to convert.....They are already the same PAL format." According to this site, it looks like you won't have any luck with that TV, unless it also supports PAL i. Having said that I found a site (SKingCompany.com/video_audio/2video.asp) that offers a converter for $325 US that proclaims to convert ALL NTSC, PAL and SECAM input signals to NTSC or PAL output signals. So, that seems promising (assuming they are a legit company), but very pricey. They also have VCRs. A couple of other sites with converters are TVOne.com/standards.shtml, 220-Electronics.com/comworld.htm (another professional one) and Barrel-Of-Monkeys.com (also not cheap). I can't find anything relatively inexpensive, unless converting from NTSC to PAL - which seem to go for less than $200 US - but a deeper Google search might turn up something. Hope that helps you or anyone else who reads this.
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