In Reply to: Anybody out there agree that Pal DVD quality is rubbish? posted by croft on May 1, 2004 at 23:37:38:
...NTSC was the only one of the three designed according to good optical engineering principles. The Committee made the vertical resolution equal to the horizontal, yielding the maximum from any given bandwidth. Granted there were some color stability problems, but those have been since fixed.The last few years have produced such improvements that I've seen some NTSC pictures as good as HD, so one wonders if PAL and SECAM may have been inherently less capable of expansion.
Also not to forget, European sound remained in mono for a decade at least after we got stereo here.
clark
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- There are so many variables one can't say for certain. However... - clarkjohnsen 11:59:15 05/02/04 (18)
- Re: There are so many variables one can't say for certain. However... - Victor Khomenko 05:39:59 05/03/04 (0)
- Re: There are so many variables one can't say for certain. However... - patrickU 12:19:31 05/02/04 (16)
- Re: There are so many variables one can't say for certain. However... - croft 17:16:04 05/02/04 (4)
- Re: There are so many variables one can't say for certain. However... - patrickU 01:07:54 05/03/04 (3)
- Re: There are so many variables one can't say for certain. However... - croft 06:44:41 05/03/04 (2)
- California, after all, is the *tech* leader in the movie industry. nt - clarkjohnsen 14:46:22 05/03/04 (0)
- Re: There are so many variables one can't say for certain. However... - patrickU 09:20:16 05/03/04 (0)
- Begging your pardon, you can't reliably say that. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:49:23 05/02/04 (10)
- Re: Begging your pardon, you can't reliably say that. nt - patrickU 13:09:14 05/02/04 (9)
- "I can only state what I see..." *on your system*. Therein lies the problem. - clarkjohnsen 13:47:27 05/02/04 (8)
- Mine is bigger... here we go again... - Victor Khomenko 05:42:58 05/03/04 (3)
- "Just what does the size of screen have to do with quality?" Lots. - clarkjohnsen 08:43:26 05/03/04 (2)
- Not a good answer at all - Victor Khomenko 09:28:37 05/03/04 (1)
- Not a good answer at all - clarkjohnsen 14:06:37 05/03/04 (0)
- Re: "I can only state what I see..." *on your system*. Therein lies the problem. - patrickU 01:00:04 05/03/04 (0)
- Re: "I can only state what I see..." *on your system*. Therein lies the problem. - patrickU 00:25:05 05/03/04 (2)
- What most people mean, when they say PAL is better, is... - clarkjohnsen 08:45:21 05/03/04 (1)
- Re: What most people mean, when they say PAL is better, is... - patrickU 09:21:51 05/03/04 (0)