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Originally Posted by yoshi314
btw i think pal has lower framerate but higher resolution, and more accurate colour representation. at least for dvds.
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Your right PAL DVDs has a lower framerate but higher resolution comapred to NTSC DVDs although it doesnt necessarily mean its better.
For instance, say you bought a movie which was originally encoded for viewing in the NTSC format (which most movies especially hollywood, CG and anime dvds are). You would get nothing but stretched pixels, blended frames and a heap of artifacts.
Naturally you wouldnt notice or care for this matter but the main fact is, is that the original source of where the video came from is usually, infact always better then buying a converted source. This also includes (well nearly) every PS2, Xbox etc games that you buy. (but you will never know cause basically no one in PAL regions will have local access to these NTSC to find out unless they import which not many will do.)
Heres the resolutions of the FMVs of FFXII NTSC and PAL:
NTSC:
NTSC Framerate: 29.97fps
NTSC Resolution: 512x352 (Non-blended frames, progressive footage)
PAL:
PAL Framerate: 25fps
PAL Resolution: 448x352 (Blended frames with artifacts, interlaced footage)
Ive provided a few snapshots of an anime dvd for those who find it a bit confusing and need actual evidence to compare:
NTSC 720x480, 29.97fps:
PAL 720x576, 25fps:
Notice the stretched pixels, interlaced, blended frames and artifacts etc.