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Pristine20 on 31 July 2008
NJ5 said:
The new video standards (480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) are the same everywhere. The 50 Hz limitation is a thing of the past.

 

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HD standards are the same all over the world



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duffduff on 31 July 2008

A PAL DVD on a HD set looks so much better than a NTSC DVD. On SD TVs I never noticed the difference, but with a HD set I just don't want to watch my Region 1 disks.

And if you want to compare technology, America is the most backward when it comes to mobile phones. The Iphone has a great interface but the technology is still playing catchup. I had a touch phone with similar facilities years ago.



megaman79 on 31 July 2008

History man, NTSC was invented BEFORE Pal, PAL is a higher resolution picture therefore as a tv its better. Dk about games, but i assume it relates somehow. Not sure about resolution and whether NTSC or PAL affect Standard Def. games like PS2 and Wii but HD doesn't matter what so ever.



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Simulacrum on 31 July 2008

Lol what a thread.



 

 

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slimeattack on 31 July 2008

Everyone knows that in others a PS3 costs $700. And americans are whining about a $399 one.



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Hawk on 31 July 2008



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Cougarman on 31 July 2008

the fail is strong on this thread



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NiKKoM on 31 July 2008



 

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Naum on 31 July 2008

It's so 90's



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Geldorn on 31 July 2008

The only thing NTSC really did better than PAL was having a higher framerate. PAL had both better colour reproduction and a higher resolution.

For gamers this does present a problem - what is better? Higher res, better colours or faster gameplay?

Which is why us Europeans played the last few gens using PAL-60 output (60Hz updates, but still PAL colours/resolution) ;)

Lucky us that this analog madness is finally over now in the HD era and we all get the same benefits!