thread: Terrestrial HDTV...When, Where etc.
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Old 28-07-2004, 5:19 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Abit
I have a 32 inch that looks good to me.
So you don't mind the visible scan lines then?

Sure, 32" square 4:3 television is 25.6" wide and 19.2" high, therefore 480 line NTSC has 25 scan lines per inch and PAL has 30 scan lines per inch.

What we probably see here is people who grow up with NTSC notice the 50Hz flicker on PAL, whereas people who grow up with that and are oblivious to it can see the 20% less scan-lines of NTSC.

People are happiest with what they are used to.


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Originally Posted by Abit
Again, there is no practical difference between PAL and NTSC. I think you really want that to be the case but it isn't.
Apart from my closing remark, I thought my detailed post above made it clear that there is little difference between digital versions, but... No pleasing some people.

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