The Igloo - View Single Post

vidiot · 08-17-2007, 07:23 AM

PAL vs. NTSC

For those of you that are wondering what the difference is and can't be bothered to do a google search to educate yourself I will give you a quick run down in layman's terms.

NTSC is basically 30 frames per second, while PAL is 25 frames per second. The other major difference is the number of horizontal lines that make up the image. Remember old school televisions scanned light across the tube in lines. NTSC is 480 lines while PAL is 576. Usually audio and video are on two separate tracks so is you try to convert from PAL to NTSC or vice versa you will offset the native timing of the audio to video and will have synch issues.

A lot of people think that it is just the player, but it is also the television that needs to be in the corresponding format. So unless the player has a built in converter the picture will be unwatchable.

For a more detailed explanation then do a google search....or read this webpage.
http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Article.../PALvsNTSC.asp

08-17-2007, 07:23 AM	#153
vidiot Eskimo Baby Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 18	PAL vs. NTSC For those of you that are wondering what the difference is and can't be bothered to do a google search to educate yourself I will give you a quick run down in layman's terms. NTSC is basically 30 frames per second, while PAL is 25 frames per second. The other major difference is the number of horizontal lines that make up the image. Remember old school televisions scanned light across the tube in lines. NTSC is 480 lines while PAL is 576. Usually audio and video are on two separate tracks so is you try to convert from PAL to NTSC or vice versa you will offset the native timing of the audio to video and will have synch issues. A lot of people think that it is just the player, but it is also the television that needs to be in the corresponding format. So unless the player has a built in converter the picture will be unwatchable. For a more detailed explanation then do a google search....or read this webpage. http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Article.../PALvsNTSC.asp Last edited by vidiot; 08-17-2007 at 07:35 AM.