Hi Charles.

11-Nov-03 03:23:08, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond


 CA> 1237db41edf8 tech

 CA> Hello David -

 RJT>>>> On the technical side of things, don't they use different
 RJT>>>> equalization for recording music (vinyl in particular) in
 RJT>>>> other countries? I seem to remember stereo equipment where
 RJT>>>> this was selectable in the preamp section.

 CA>>> I don't know the answer to that. I know the video is not NTSC
 CA>>> but is PAL instead and I think in Russia there may be a third?

 DD>> SECAM is the third - used in France and other European places.

 CA> OK, I would've never remembered that one by name.

 DD>> We have PAL here in Australia, but most new (TV) equipment will
 DD>> also display NTSC.

 CA> I think I was told that PAL has advantages over NTSC but I don't
 CA> recall what they are/were?

As a modulation scheme it promises impproved colour purity, in common use
it also uses more lines than ntsc to give slightly higher resolution. but
at a lower frame rate.

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