I know this will seem awkward, but I am simply asking out of curiosity:
Would a VCR (or the TBC inside it if it has one) be damaged if a VHS with a different format (PAL for example) is played using a VCR that doesn't support this format (an NTSC VCR, for instance)? I simply stumbled upon a video on youtube where someone puts a PAL/SECAM tape in a NTSC VCR (Or so I think it was that) and I simply wondered if this would or could cause any damage, or if a cleaning cassette would clean the whole thing. I'm not planning on doing anything obscure, I'm just curious
I know the output would be atrocious, but I am focusing on the damage it could cause.
I want to apologise if I'm wasting people's time by asking this, but I can't really find anything elsewhere.