[Sojurn]

Hi,

I've been under the impression that "It's hard to find a TV these days that doesn't support 60hz".

Well, I've been browsing around for a cheap widescreen TV that supports PAL60, And most sites seem to say 50hz.

A few TV's say NTSC support. Now, I want this TV for my XBox 360 which says specifically PAL60. And I know both NTSC and PAL60 are 60hz, but I understand PAL60 maintains the superior quality of PAL. So am I correct in presuming that just because a TV supports NTSC doesn't nescessarily mean that it will support PAL60?

And if 60hz is so common how come 99% of TV sets in the lower price range say 50hz in their spec sheet on sites.

I'm just shopping around for a 26-28" Widescreen TV in the £200- region that has 1 RGB scart and PAL60hz. I know it's cheap but it's an upgrade from my current setup and will do until HD prices fall down to my level.

Thanks for any tips.

Edit: I am from the UK, this is about UK tv sets.

[Kirby]

Don't shoot me if I am wrong but I think the 50 hz is as in 50 or 100hz scanning, both sets if newer models will likely support 60hz. I had a 100hz set which when she watches ntsc on it, it says 120hz scanning. Just make sure it says ntsc supported somewhere

Originally Posted by Sojurn

Hi,

I've been under the impression that "It's hard to find a TV these days that doesn't support 60hz".

True.

Well, I've been browsing around for a cheap widescreen TV that supports PAL60, And most sites seem to say 50hz.

The spec sheets on web sites such as Currys are invariably written by a 12-year-old girl, and can be wildly inaccurate.

A few TV's say NTSC support. Now, I want this TV for my XBox 360 which says specifically PAL60. And I know both NTSC and PAL60 are 60hz, but I understand PAL60 maintains the superior quality of PAL. So am I correct in presuming that just because a TV supports NTSC doesn't nescessarily mean that it will support PAL60?

If it supports NTSC it must support PAL60 because PAL is a colour system and you're buying a PAL TV. In any case I'm pretty sure the 360 is switchable between PAL 50 and 60Hz.

I'm just shopping around for a 26-28" Widescreen TV in the £200- region that has 1 RGB scart and PAL60hz. I know it's cheap but it's an upgrade from my current setup and will do until HD prices fall down to my level.

If you enable RGB you override the PAL/NTSC composite output. PAL and NTSC are primarily colour encoding systems. RGB is superior to both as it's uncompressed.

For £200 you should be able to get a perfectly respectable flat widescreen CRT.