Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hou2g!stekas From: stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: PAL <==> NTSC (& Movies) Message-ID: <236@hou2g.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 13:35:29 EST Article-I.D.: hou2g.236 Posted: Fri Apr 13 13:35:29 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Apr-84 07:23:07 EST References: <7019@decwrl.UUCP>, <988@qubix.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 11 A similar conversion must be done to convert movies to NTSC to be shown on TV. Anybody know how it's done? Since movies have been shown on TV for a LONG time, there are certainly non-digital solutions to the problem. My guess would be that early conversions were done by training a TV camera on a persistant screen which could blend the frames together. Anyone know for sure? Jim