pal vs NTSC

19 Jun 2006 3:37 AM

sony

Hi I have an NTSC TV system ---which I recenty took to oversears with
me thinking tht I will get some kind of convertor from PAL to NTSC.
so this is what I am looking for as my TV is NTSC --the only signal
which it will understand is NTSC --Now the regular signal in India is
PAL --u get get you channels in PAL . I was thinking some interface
between TV and PAL signal where I can use PAL sgnal as an Interface to
this device and output of this Device will be NTSC --which can be used
as Input to either AV input of TV or RF input of TV . BTW i have a Sony
WEGA.

Do you guys are aware of procedures in attaining the solution to
problem --any feedback is appreciated.

Regards

Sony

19 Jun 2006 4:10 PM

Jukka Aho

sony wrote:

> Hi I have an NTSC TV system ---which I recenty took to oversears
> with me thinking tht I will get some kind of convertor from PAL
> to NTSC. so this is what I am looking for as my TV is NTSC --the
> only signal which it will understand is NTSC --Now the regular
> signal in India is PAL --u get get you channels in PAL .

First of all, you need a PAL tuner. Stand-alone PAL tuners are
available, but the cheapest way of getting one is purchasing a regular
PAL VCR since VCRs usually have built-in tuners (and baseband composite
video outputs, from which you can get the signal to your tv.)

A tuner will allow you to receive PAL signals from an aerial or cable,
but that alone probably isn't enough: your American TV set most likely
cannot sync to a 50 Hz signal, much less decode PAL colors. You need
another box between the VCR and the tv set: a PAL-to-NTSC standards
converter.

See <http://google.com/search?q=ntsc+pal+converter>.

The quality will be watchable, but not as good as a genuine PAL
broadcast on a genuine PAL tv set, and not even as good as a genuine
NTSC broadcast. You're getting the worst of both worlds, I'm afraid.

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19 Jun 2006 8:49 PM

Wolfgang Schwanke

"sony" <prabhanjan.na***@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1150688232.944244.126580@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

> so this is what I am looking for as my TV is NTSC --the only signal
> which it will understand is NTSC --Now the regular signal in India is
> PAL --u get get you channels in PAL . I was thinking some interface
> between TV and PAL signal where I can use PAL sgnal as an Interface to
> this device and output of this Device will be NTSC --which can be used
> as Input to either AV input of TV or RF input of TV . BTW i have a Sony
> WEGA.
>
> Do you guys are aware of procedures in attaining the solution to
> problem --any feedback is appreciated.

You need a PAL tuner and a standards converter. The tuner will receive
off-air signals and the standards converter will convert them from PAL
to NTSC. You can't use the TV's tuner in PAL land.

The cheapest method to obtain a PAL tuner is a PAL VCR, best one bought
in India. A good idea for a standards converter is
http://www.tenlab.com/tr50.htm

Bottom line: It's probably not worth doing, because it's expensive and
you'll end up fiddling with three devices when watching telly. Better
buy a television in India.

Regards

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25 Jun 2006 9:26 AM

Netmask

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"sony" <prabhanjan.na***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150688232.944244.126580@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
> Hi I have an NTSC TV system ---which I recenty took to oversears with
> me thinking tht I will get some kind of convertor from PAL to NTSC.
> so this is what I am looking for as my TV is NTSC --the only signal
> which it will understand is NTSC --Now the regular signal in India is
> PAL --u get get you channels in PAL . I was thinking some interface
> between TV and PAL signal where I can use PAL sgnal as an Interface to
> this device and output of this Device will be NTSC --which can be used
> as Input to either AV input of TV or RF input of TV . BTW i have a Sony
> WEGA.
>
> Do you guys are aware of procedures in attaining the solution to
> problem --any feedback is appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Sony

Oh why oh why would you bother to take a NTSC system into a PAL area -
Normal analog PAL is technologically superior to NTSC and TV equipment is
cheap in India anyway.
Some of the hurdles to solve
Tuning frequencies are different country to country whether they are PAL or
NTSC, frame rates are different, where the sound is within the transmission
is different. There are about 6 variations on PAL mutually exclusive of each
other.

Next trip do some research - that's what google is for..