Transferring NTSC tapes?

Hello,
I am trying to transfer a lot of old Videio8 analogue tape material to DVD.
I have had two different camcorders in the past. One was PAL, and the other NTSC. Both of them are now dead, but I had already transferred their tapes to VHS, which I am now using for transfer.
To get them into DV format for importing into iMovie(and ultimately to iDVD and disk) I have been transferring the VHS PAL tapes to my current PAL digital recorder and then processing them back to iMovie>iDVD. So far, so good.
But here's the problem: the material originally shot on NTSC. It won't transfer into the PAL DV camera. It's black and white and awful. I've explored workarounds, but to no avail.
Does this mean I have to buy an NTSC DV camcorder to do this process?
Thanks for the advice, in advance.
Clarke
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1GB RAM

simple answer:
yes
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can you rent anywhere some NTSC-machine...?

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