OFF: Converting vid formats

[Stephen Swann]

Paul Mather writes:
>
> I don't think you'd get any recognisable picture showing a PAL/SECAM video
> on an NTSC TV.  I can't see how you'd get any sync.

You don't, and you can't.  I know, I tried it anyway, just for
the hell of it.

What you *do* get is several parallel almost-horizontal bands of
video, each displaying the exact same 1/12 or so of the total picture.
Enough that you can often identify the subject of the video by
sort of squinting at it and tilting your head to one side.  :)

Steve
swann at panix.com