2002-07-06 PAL and SECAM were better in the fact that they had more horizontal lines than the NTSC standard. 625 vs. 525 Also, the PAL/SECAM signal was 10 MHz in bandwidth and the NTSC only 6 MHz.
When I went to Engineering school in the late '70s, the way we were taught to remember the letters NTSC was to associate it with Never Twice the Same Colour. And, boy was that ever true. We never got a colour TV until I was almost out of High School. Everytime we went to visit relatives and friends who had a colour TV the colours were either too bright or faded. The people were constantly running up to the set to adjust the tint and colour, especially after it drifted and the actors ended up with green faces. What a joke! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-07-06 08:53 Subject: [USMA:20849] Re: Broadcasting standards > that american standard will never spread, PAL was already superior > > within the next 8 years, PAL will be dead in europe. DVD w/ mpeg2 will > prevail! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Metric US" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 2:39 AM > Subject: [USMA:20842] Broadcasting standards > > > > I have rejoined the list after a long period in which I chose to dedicate > myself to other subjects for a change. > > > > Unfortunately, everywhere I go I encounter the good old American hobby of > making a mockery of every possible international standard. > > > > I will attempt make it short: > > > > I started by gathering more information on satellite reception as I wanted > to switch to some satellite service which may be able to bring me more > diversity than the usual propaganda on cable. > > > > To make a paranthesis here: I strongly recommend (to those intersested ), > the reception of Telstar5 which is owned by Globecast (www.globecast.com) > which is a division of France Telecom and is the sole broadcaster in NA of > Euronews (Eng, Fre, Ger, Ita, Rus, Spa) as well as GermanTV which is a > compilation of the major German broadcasters (ARD, ZDF, DW). > > > > For those who are interested to learn more about the (what I found it to > be) interesting field of the TV/Sat standards you will find a very > comprehensive and not too scientific description at: > > > > http://www.coolstf.com/mpeg/ > > > > Finally, for those who are not interested but would like me to get to the > point with this posting, I am copying a phrase from the text at the above > web-site. > > > > =====snip===== > > "ATSC is Advanced Television Systems Committee which is destined to > replace NTSC as the method of terrestrial television transmissions in the > United States, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan. Like DCII, ACTS uses > the MPEG-2 video specification, but bastardizes everything else, making > North American (and South Korea/Taiwan) an island in a world of standards." > > =====snip==== > > > > Sounds familiar? It seems there are more people in this country who share > the opinion that, American patriotism has nothing to do with sticking to > colloquial standards. > > > > Your good old friend: > > > > metricus > > (Adrian Jadic) > > > > > > -- > > __________________________________________________________ > > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > > > Save up to $160 by signing up for NetZero Platinum Internet service. > > http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=N2P0602NEP8 > > >
