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In Reply to: Re: AmPro 3600 Rear Projection Unit posted by sammy786 on November 19, 2003 at 19:51:00:
Dear Sammy-
This is turning into an interesting experience as I update myself about the changes in high end video in the last few years. Your particular question, I think has an unhappy answer. This fancy new Mits Alpha set is made in Irvine, CA for the US market and I seriously doubt it will have any PAL capability. My interest in viewing PAL material is in watching video recordings in their native format (for me particularly, all kinds of music programs) and viewing material unobtainable in NTSC. The higher quality of PAL video (color processing particularly) is a bonus. I'm not sure where your interest lies. My solution to the PAL in the USA problem is to use a Faroudja processor which deconstructs and improves the PAL signal while turning it into a much higher scan rate. Faroudja has a new $4000 processor which will be able to make this conversion (in a few months after PAL capability is added) to output to a fixed pixel display. I have a Snell & Wilcox PAL/NTSC converter. It cost $13,000. The damage the processing does to the picture is subtle, but, of course, we're talking subtle differences here (though, I must say, solid red on PAL vs NTSC is not a very subtle difference). As I think I mentioned in my original post, the past few years I've used a Faroudja VP400U which accepts NTSC or PAL signal and upconverts them. I have been very happy with this set-up. If you have a CRT display which can accommodate the high scan frequencies (around 65 kHz), I think it's a great way to go. I hope this has been useful to you. The delivery date of the Mits Alpha has been put off till 12/1 at the earliest, so I have no comment on the unit's performance.
It is very sad to me that PAL is losing ground in Europe and NTSC DVDs are becoming common. Warner Video has followed Universal in deciding to issue their classical music DVDs in NTSC only. The brochure enclosed in an NTSC Warner DVD I got from Europe is sort of funny--"If you don't get a usable picture, contact your audio/video hardware supplier", presumably to buy a new display unit!
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