Cooper Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Maybe this should be under hardware, but my question is: Can I use a UK 2600 on my Norwegian TV? It's PAL, so there should be no problems, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 I would think so. BTW have you ever seen John Carpenter's The Thing? What were the Norwegians shouting at the beginning? I always wondered about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 Thanks for the answer! I guess it's off to EBaay then. I actually have The Thing on DVD, and what they say at the beginning is......drumroll............"Out, out!", "Get the hell out of here, it's not a real dog, it's somekind of thing", "It imitates a dog", "Damn idiots, get away!". It's really bad Norwegian, and it's fun to listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highinfidelity Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Yeah, I guess it should work fine. You'll probably have problems with the freaky UK 240V connectors, but that's something you can easily fix with a pair of scissors and a screwdriver... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Actually the UK uses PAL-I whereas most of continental Europe (including Norway) uses PAL-B/G. The main difference is the sound encoding. If your TV can handle the different types of PAL (most modern PAL TVs can), then you should have no problem using a VCS from ebay.co.uk. Otherwise you might have more luck with a VCS from ebay.de. Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Even if your TV doesn't support PAL-I (and it probably doesn't in my experience) there's a big friendly variable-resistor inside, which, when twiddled with, will turn your PAL-I machine into a PAL-B machine (effectively). I've done this with a number of pirate clones, pretty sure it'll work on Euro Ataris too (though usually I just mod 'em). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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