-=> Quoting Charles Angelich to David Drummond <=-

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

 NTSC uses the same 525 lines for both B&W and color,
 and the same 6 MHz per channel bandwidth (54-60,
 60-66, 66-72, 76-82, 82-88 for channels 2-6).  The
 FCC wanted a compatible system for B&W and color.

 But by 2007 all current TV's in America will become
 obsolete when all stations MUST switch to digital.

 PAL is some 800 lines and I believe 8 MHz bandwidth
 (perhaps PAL went from 625 for B&W to around 725).
 Also, Phase Alternating Lines reduces change of color
 as lighting conditions vary.  The human eye plays
 tricks and cancels changes between those alternating
 lines.

 NTSC was ridiculed for meaning Never Twice Same Color
 as a camera swept a football field and the grasss went
 from green to blue to yellow and other various colors.
 And white was practically banned in studios because it
 caused so much blooming into surrounding scenes.  Men
 wore light blue shirts and the stages curtains were
 anything but white.

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