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William Sommerwerck wrote:
I don't have the time to discuss this at length, but NTSC's unfortunate
reverse-acronym was the result of poor studio standards, and is not
inherent in the system. PAL incorporated phase alternation to partly
compensate for transmission problems (non-linear group delay) in Europe.

IIRC, nowt to do with studios, but the transmission process. Hence the
tint control on NTSC sets which is absent on PAL ones.

If I remember my BBC training correctly, NTSC gives theoretically better
'studio' pictures than PAL. Obviously ignoring line and frame frequency.
PAL best for VTR recording, and SECAM the best for transmission.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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