What is norm translating?

Norm translating is converting between different national formats. (NTSC, SECAM and PAL).

For instance, the NTSC format is used in America, the Dutch antilles, Aruba and Suriname; while PAL is used in the Netherlands. Because of the different formats, videos and tapes are not playable everywhere. The used format of the hardware should correspond. A (video)tape from America (filmed in NTSC) will have to be converted to the Dutch PAL format before you can play it with Dutch hardware.

 

Pricing

Norm translation is an option when digitizing video tapes. For digitizing tapes in the NTSC / SECAM format we have the following surcharge:

Norm translation Price
Surcharge NTSC/SECAM tapes (per tape) € 8,50

Convertability overview

Type PAL NTSC SECAM
VHS / VHS-C ✔ ✔ ✔
video8 ✔ ✔  
hi8 ✔ ✔  
minidv ✔ ✔  
HDV ✔ ✔  
DV ✔ ✔  
DVCAM ✔ ✔  
Lasterdisc ✔ ✔  
U-matic ✔ ✔  
Betamax ✔ ✔ ✔

Formats per country

PAL NTSC SECAM
Abu Duabi Antigua Albania
Afghanistan Antilles Bulgaria
Algeria Aruba Djibouti
Argentina Bahamas Egypt
Australia Barbados France
Azores Bermuda French Guiana
Bahrein Bolivia Gabon
Bangladesh Bonaire Greece
Belgium Brazil Guadeloupe
Bosnia Herzegovina Burma Hungary
Canary Islands Canada Iran
China Chile Iraq
Cyprus Colombia Ivory Coast
Denmark Costa Rica Cameroon
Dubai Cuba Congo
Germany Curaçao Lebanon
Finland Dominican Republic Libya
Ghana El Salvador Madagascar
Gibraltar Equador Martinique
Greenland Philippines Mauritius
Great Britain Guam Mongolia
Hong Kong Guatemala Morocco
Iceland Haiti Polynesia
India Honduras Romania
Indonesia Jamaica Réunion
Ireland Japan Russia
Israel Cayman Islands Saudi Arabia
Italy South Korea Senegal
Jordan Mexico Slovakia
Channel Islands Nicaragua Zaire
Kenya Panama  
North Korea Peru  
Kuwait Puerto Rico  
Croatia Saipan  
Laos Suriname  
Liberia Taiwan  
Luxembourg Trinidad  
Madeira USA  
Malaysia Venezuela  
Malta    
Monaco    
Mozambique    
Namibia    
Netherlands    
New Zealand    
Nigeria    
Norway    
Uganda    
Oman    
Austria    
Pakistan    
Paraguay    
Poland    
Portugal    
Qatar    
Saban    
Sarawak    
Sierre Leone    
Singapore    
Slovenia    
Spain    
Sri Lanka    
Sudan    
Swaziland    
Tanzania    
Thailand    
Tibet    
Czechia    
Turkey    
United Arab Emirates    
Uruguay    
Yemen    
Zambia    
Zanzibar    
Zimbabwe    
South Africa    
Sweden    
Switzerland    

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