RE: OT:Xcam's/CCTV devices from USA

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

There are three separate compatability issues  - barring the legal issue
of CE certification which is not a technical matter ;-)

1: Mains voltage/frequency

2: Broadcast frequency

3: Display format

1: probably not an issue - lots of people are widely reporting success
of these sorts of items with step-down transformers (but you do need to
build the cost of the transformer into your budget.)

2: Probably a legal issue - the US devices may not be licenced to use
the Euro-friendly frequencies. Rather between you and your conscience -
but it does mean that once you start with US devices, you have to stick
with them, and can't add UK ones later.

3: Most modern tellies will, as you say, accept NTSC ;-)

Personally, I'd buy the UK versions from Li or Mike ;-)


Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher

-----Original Message-----
From: happy_hammer66 [mailto:bill.mcmahon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 January 2002 13:55
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] OT:Xcam's/CCTV devices from USA


We often get the pop-up ads for Xcam's for $$$ etc.

My understanding would be that the video from these devices would be in
the NTSC format.
Most of us have multiregion DVD players or VCR's that can playback NTSC
tapes on a PAL TV.

But can the TV itself display NTSC directly? I checked my TV manual and
it shows that it can accept three types on NTSC signals(expected  from a
VCR).

My question is can these USA devices be used in Europe?

bill




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