[opendtv] Re: Europe now debates i vs p
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:50:39 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Not even necessary. 50 Hz incandescent lights don't flicker, only discharge
lights do.
TTFN,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug McDonald <mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sep 11, 2004 11:05 AM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Europe now debates i vs p
cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> When ABC news had a London Bureau in the 1980s I never understood
> why they took NTSC cameras over there and sent back NTSC pictures with the 50
> Hz lighting flickering badly.
>
> Why didn't they use PAL cameras and do a standards conversion at the uplink
> or the downlink in the US?
>
> There were standards convertors available then that would have done a
> credible job, and there would have been NO flicker from the lighting.
Why didn't they just use DC lights if it was such a problem?
Doug McDonald
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