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We have recently put a system in place that renders to tape. We have purchased on SONY EVO-9650 8mm tape deck, which I believe is available in a PAL version. This is a new generation of software controllable VCRs that is on the market. If you have the money, you can also purchase laser disc recorders by SONY, PANASONIC and TEAC. You then need the software to drive the video machine, which is available from DIAQUEST (DQ-232 software). Their phone number is 510-526-7167, or you may have a local dealer. As well, you will need a video frame grabber that is supported by the DIAQUEST software (Truevision Targa or ATVista, Matrox Illuminator-16). The TARGA board supports PAL for sure, not sure about the MATROX. 3D Studio is then able to render to tape directly in the keyframer, as well from series of files. This is generally preferrable to flics. However if you are using Animator Pro, you received a utility called FLITAPE.EXE that uses the Diaquest driver to output .FLI files to tape. There are lots of combinations of hardware and software available, but this is a setup that works for sure.