Practically everything new here in NZ is 100Hz, apart from basic small size TVs. This is such a small market we tend to get a small subset of what Europe gets, but the selection is generally good. Barry Wilkins=20 -----Original Message----- From: Manfredi, Albert E [mailto:albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 2004 10:18 a.m. To: OpenDTV (E-mail) Subject: [opendtv] opendtv] Re: Blue Ray has competition Barry Wilkins wrote: > Are you also implying that if US NTSC was transmitted on > 8MHz channels then it would be as good as PAL is in Europe, > or better perhaps? Subjectively, and going from memory (you can't be two places at the same time), I would suggest the answer is yes. I think the luma bandwidth of 625/50 PAL is 5.5 MHz. This is approximately the same figure as the bandwidth of NTSC composite video interfaces. Do DVDs viewed over composite interface to an NTSC 525 line TV (483 active) look about as good as 8 MHz PAL? I'd say yes. And strangely enough, I have now become sensitized to 50 Hz flicker. Don't remember being so years ago. But PAL over the 100 Hz Euro displays is great stuff. Bert =20 =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org=20 - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.