Convert a PAL VHS tape to NTSC

Hello folks,
I've got a few PAL format VHS tapes from a client who would like them converted to NTSC. If I get my hands on a PAL format VCR should I be able to capture the clip into a FCP timeline and then render into a NTSC output? Also do I need anything special in regards to a capture device? I normally use a Sony DVMC-DA2 to capture from my NTSC VCR into my mac. Or is the capture box blind to video format?
Thanks,
Chris

> Compressor may do this conversion but Nattress's
Standards Converter will likely do it better ...
Hmm . . .
Not too sure about that.
I bought the Nattress system and struggled with it.
Then Hanumang gave me this Compressor recipe:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=512672
The result was stunning . . .
Andy
I fully accept, of course, that I may have been doing something wrong with the Nattress system but I found it very complicated and the instructions sadly vague (sorry Graham).
G5 Quad. 8 GB. 250 & 500 GB Internal HDs. G-Tech G-Raid 1 TB. FCP 5.0.4 (Studio)   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Sony HVR-Z1E.
You can't educate pork . . ..
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