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Many 8-mm tapes, especially early ones, have "P6" prefix. I wonder what does it mean?
EDIT: It seems P6 means NTSC, P5 means PAL. Why these prefixes? Record/play duration was different in NTSC vs PAL:
PAL play time ≈ NTSC play time × 0.7
So, a P6-120 ≈ P5-85. I guess this was the reason 8-mm was not as popular in Europe as in the U.S.
Last edited by DVtyro; 10-07-2023 at 01:24 AM.
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