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Posted by Michael J. Mahon on 08/31/06 06:52
anthony wrote:
> Steve(JazzHunter) wrote:
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>>On 30 Aug 2006 03:01:24 -0700, "anthony"
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>>You may be talking about the European market but no North American TVs
>>will do PAL. Also American eyes do NOT like PAL because of the more
>>obvious flicker at 50 HZ, and Americans like the image brighter.. And
>>in digital media it makes no difference anyway, the tiny increase in
>>vertical resolution is unnoticeable and NTSC has the aformentioned
>>advantages for film playback. 24fps progressive playback is natively
>>supported by good NTSC televisions.
>>
>>.. Steve ..
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>
> So it's true ... American eyes are different. That explains heaps!
> It's indeed odd that no North American TVs will do PAL -- since in most
> of the civilised world television sets are made to switch invisibly
> between PAL and NTSC.
> Anyway, back to my collection of Region 1, 2 and 4 DVDs .....
> region-free forever!
I'm sure you realize that the US TV market is sufficiently huge that
it justifies its own production runs, with pennies saved on each set
by eliminating PAL support (it used to be more when things were analog).
But I must also say that I can instantly tell a PAL display, because
the flicker is quite visible in highlights, and especially so when
my eyes are slightly averted from the display, or the highlights are
a few degrees from my gaze.
I have the same problem with 50Hz flourescent lighting.
It's too bad that the person(s) who set the 50Hz standard didn't have
faster visual response. ;-)
Of course, the solution is to refresh at 100Hz, but that would be
best done with motion interpolation.
-michael
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