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From: RSHAPIRO@A.BBN.COM (Richard Shapiro)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: video standards
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 08:59:36 EST
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I had always been under the impression that PAL, SECAM and NTSC
referrred only to color systems and not, for example, to number
of lines. In fact I thought that there were both 525 PAL and 625
PAL around. Is this wrong? Also I seem to remember someone claiming
on this list to have watched a 625 PAL videotape on an NTSC VCR + monitor
and gotten slightly distorted but watchable (monochrome) results.
True?

Also, is it correct to assume that HDTV will render all of this
obsolete once it's adopted? Is it looking like an international
standard wrt number of lines, color, etc.? Is HDTV supposed to be
back compatible in some way or am I going to have to junk all of
my video equipment (assuming I can live without state-of-the-art)?

Just wondering.

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