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From: sl242003@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jon Paul Baker)
Subject: Re: Why don't European consider NTSC?
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 91 15:59:24 GMT
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I would rather see the US go PAL.  NTSC is short for never the same
color (twice).  It was adopted by the US so black and white TVs could
receive color broadcasts and still be able to display them.  It works,
but most of the people I know (electrical engineer people I mean)
prefer PAL over NTSC.  The colors are better and its not as much of a
pain as NTSC.  (In terms of computers I would bet the colors are as
good on both systems because its not being broadcast.) Personally, I 
wish C= would not have made it possible
to hook an Amiga to a TV, and that they had just done everything PAL.
I don't know what effect this would have had on Genlocks.

As an aside, I have been able to run many PD PAL only (or so said the
docs) games without too much trouble when I am running an overscaned
workbench.