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Posted by anthony on 08/30/06 10:01
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> PAL speedup has nothing to do with the conversion of PAL to NTSC or vice
> versa. It has to do with the transfer of 24fps film to 25fps PAL video.
> All film-based movies are sped up 4% on PAL video, regardless of whether
> you watch it on a PAL display or converted to NTSC.
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> Film-based movies transferred to NTSC retain their original running
> speed due to the 3:2 pulldown process.
The best DVD players will output in true PAL or NTSC depending on the
source, with no need or reason for conversion.
And of course, any decent television set should be able to display
native NTSC or PAL signals. Just a case of checking these elementary
things before you purchase.
True PAL output to a PAL-capable television should be superior to NTSC,
all other things (eg transfer mastering) being equal, because of PAL's
inherent superior screen resolution. Against that, as noted above,
film transfers do show a 4 per cent lift in audio pitch due to the
faster transfer of film to DVD.
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