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Thread ID: 112989 2010-09-30 05:19:00 NTSC vs PAL billylid (16005) PC World Chat
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1140648 2010-09-30 05:19:00 Hi, new to this forum. Need help regarding camcorders. Can the NTSC version camcorders be used all right in New Zealand on our TV's and PC's, or is the PAL version the only one that works. Thanks for any help. billylid (16005)
1140649 2010-09-30 05:34:00 Some TV's will deal with both. Dont know about computers tho Speedy Gonzales (78)
1140650 2010-09-30 05:49:00 Most TVs if not all built in the last 10 years or so are dual formats. My PC will play both versions on DVD.
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Trev (427)
1140651 2010-09-30 06:14:00 NTSC vs PAL. Now theres a thread I haven't seen for e few years. paulw (1826)
1140652 2010-09-30 07:17:00 NTSC vs PAL. Now theres a thread I haven't seen for e few years.

Oh yes Never The Same Colour vs Perfection At Last.:D
wmoore (6009)
1140653 2010-09-30 07:21:00 My last several generations of TV, PC, DVDplayer have all handled NTSC without problems. This goes back about 10 years.

When editing the video, it is desirable to have the project frame rate, and the output video frame rate, the same as the camcorder footage. That means 30fps for NTSC, 25fps for PAL. A quality problem will arise if you have to mix your NTSC footage with somebody else's PAL footage in the same editing project
BBCmicro (15761)
1140654 2010-09-30 07:27:00 Most devices nowadays handle both, check the specs though to be sure. ubergeek85 (131)
1140655 2010-09-30 07:52:00 I have the complete series of Star Trek Voyager on DVD which I'm watching at the moment. I bought all of the series bar 2 in NZ which I got from Amazon.com which are in NTSC. The only difference I can see between the Pal and NTSC versions is that the colour is slightly more vivid in the Pal versions.
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Trev (427)
1140656 2010-09-30 08:03:00 My last several generations of TV, PC, DVDplayer have all handled NTSC without problems. This goes back about 10 years.

When editing the video, it is desirable to have the project frame rate, and the output video frame rate, the same as the camcorder footage. That means 30fps for NTSC, 25fps for PAL. A quality problem will arise if you have to mix your NTSC footage with somebody else's PAL footage in the same editing project

It's 29.970fps for NTSC, but some people round it off to 30
goodiesguy (15316)
1140657 2010-09-30 08:17:00 It's 29.970fps for NTSC, but some people round it off to 30

Bit of a nitpicker there GG old man!

Ken :cool:
kenj (9738)
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