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

 More sacan lines for higher Resolution and Automatic Transmitter
Control signals for the Colur for Much better purity.
 As a review NTSC was affectionatly called "Never The Same Color"
becasue the way colors drifted. That was mostly due to poor control by
the Broadcast Engineer but part of that was equipment limitations. Most
of the Prolbems has been solved by improved equipment in the
interveining years.
 But interestingly back in those days of massive color shifting here in
the Us I visited Japan that also uses the NTSC system. Their Color was
True Eye Popping. OF course they didn't have to deal with the Amercian
Union Mentality!!  :-)
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