Re: "The PAL/NTSC 50/60 Hz issues should both be dead."

Posted by David Aiken (A) on February 17, 2007 at 23:01:25

In Reply to: "The PAL/NTSC 50/60 Hz issues should both be dead." posted by Christine Tham on February 17, 2007 at 13:17:50:

Here is a quote from "home entertainment" magazine, one of our local and not too high quality publications, on Blu-ray discs currently available in Australia:

"All six, interestingly, are US-style 60 Hz discs. At the moment that means that they tend to appear a little jerky at points due to the way that 24 frames per second film is transformed into 60 frames per second video." I can remember seeing something somewhere else which indicated that the discs we would get here were essentially the same as in the US except for any region coding.

The comment quoted refers to 6 Sony discs used in a review that "home entertainment' did of the Samsung and Panasonic players. One of those discs was 'Into The Blue', a film I'm unfamiliar with but did watch for a few minutes on a store display. I didn't notice any jerkiness on it, nor have I noticed any on any of the other films I've seen used in demos. If I remember correctly, the Sony player was being used for the demo that was showing "Into The Blue".

In any event, I just checked my TV's specs and it supports PAL in 2 varieties, one of which is 60 Hz. There may be a problem with 50/60 frame rates on older TVs but I wonder whether that is an issue with most current model HDTVs on the market here. The review of the Samsung and Panasonic players indicated that they both supported 50 and 60 Hz progressive.

It's definitely a very different issue with standard definition material because that adheres to the PAL standard which is 50 Hz, at least here in Australia.

David Aiken

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Topic - Interesting article on BluRay vs HDDVD in today's sydney morning herald - Christine Tham 14:21:44 02/15/07 (13)

Re: Interesting article on BluRay vs HDDVD in today's sydney morning herald - David Aiken 16:18:18 02/15/07 (12)

Re: Interesting article on BluRay vs HDDVD in today's sydney morning herald - MDavis 20:43:09 02/16/07 (0)

Is it just me, or are the BluRay titles in Australia distinctly underwhelming? - Christine Tham 16:25:21 02/15/07 (10)

Re: Is it just me, or are the BluRay titles in Australia distinctly underwhelming? - Jack G 07:35:08 02/16/07 (1)

$500 price point - Christine Tham 14:51:48 02/16/07 (0)

Re: Is it just me, or are the BluRay titles in Australia distinctly underwhelming? - David Aiken 21:45:08 02/15/07 (7)

You have a good point about region coding - Christine Tham 14:45:37 02/16/07 (6)

Re: You have a good point about region coding - David Aiken 23:25:13 02/16/07 (4)

"The PAL/NTSC 50/60 Hz issues should both be dead." - Christine Tham 13:17:50 02/17/07 (2)

Re: "The PAL/NTSC 50/60 Hz issues should both be dead." - David Aiken 23:01:25 02/17/07 (1)

Re: "The PAL/NTSC 50/60 Hz issues should both be dead." - Christine Tham 00:10:20 02/18/07 (0)

region coding with blu-ray players - Joe Murphy Jr 10:10:53 02/17/07 (0)

Sorry, by PAL vs NTSC I really meant 50Hz vs 60Hz formats (nt) - Christine Tham 16:12:54 02/16/07 (0)

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Re: "The PAL/NTSC 50/60 Hz issues should both be dead." - David Aiken 23:01:25 02/17/07 (1)

Re: "The PAL/NTSC 50/60 Hz issues should both be dead." - Christine Tham 00:10:20 02/18/07 (0)

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