Hi Jasen! :-)

 PS>> Like someone posted, the vertical resolution is about half the
 PS>> number of lines due to the way colors are handled
 JB> as I recall that remark only applied to SECAM
Beats me, I thought I saw a "applies to PAL also" in that mail.

 JB> I'm fairly sure I've seen up round 500 lines on a PAL TV
 JB> this was interlaced  with a 50Hz vertical rate so horozontal sharp 
 JB> edges didn't look good, given the 25 hz refresh rate... signal
 JB> source was an Amiga 500.
Well, I tried digitizing an old VHS PAL tape in different resolutions, and
going above the 352x264 standard size didn't give me extra details. But
well, the tape is of course an additional element in the mix...

Ciao
Pascal

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