Re: Making up lyrics

[evans@rd.eng.bbc.co.uk (Richard Evans)]

David J. Zimmerly (am672@freenet.carleton.ca) wrote:

: In a previous article, mhs3c@darwin.clas.virginia.edu (Mary Helen Sowell) says:
: >Post Scripta:  What does PAL stand for?

: 	"A composite color standard similar to NTSC [National Television
: System Committee], except that the V-axis subcarrier reference signal
: inverts in phase at the horizontal line rate (ie., phase alternation at
: the line rate of the R-Y component of the chrominance signal). Most
: applications are in the 625/50/2:1 systems [common in Europe etc.]"
: And that's the truth.
: David

PAL is a way of carrying the coloUr in a video signal. It was developed after
NTSC and provides better results. NTSC has the nickname "Never Tice the Same
Colour" because it can suffer from HUE changes. With PAL the hue remains the
same although the saturation of the colour (it's deepness) might change a bit.

PAL/NTSC is only to do with colour. Unfortunately there are many other
technical problems that mean video tapes from the States can't easily be viewed
by people over here. This is why we need standards converters or multi-standard
VCRs and TVs -isn't life a bitch ?

MY PERSONAL VIEWS NOT THE BBC's

Richard