NTSC or PAL

[Sebastian_21]

HI silly question but i live in sweden... shall i use PAL then... i have used NTSC before
Whats the differense...

[Craig Tucker]

These are the specs for DVD, basically North America use NTSC and Europe uses PAL. Those of us in Europe are lucky because most of our hardware can handle both NTSC and PAL signals whereas the majority of hardware in America cannot handle a PAL signal correctly.
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PAL

Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbit/sec MPEG2 or up to 1.856 MBit/sec MPEG1 video
720 x 576 pixels MPEG2
704 x 576 pixels MPEG2
352 x 576 pixels MPEG2 (Same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 288 pixels MPEG2
352 x 288 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
25 fps (frames/second)


Audio:
Up to 8 audio tracks containing Dolby Digital, DTS, PCM(uncompressed audio), MPEG-1 Layer2. One audio track must have MPEG-1, DD or PCM Audio.

Extras:
Menus, still pictures, subtitles and more. For more technical details read the DVDDemystified DVD FAQ or the mpeg.org DVD Technical Notes.

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NTSC (NTSC Film)

Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbit/sec MPEG2 or up to 1.856 MBit/sec MPEG1 video
720 x 480 pixels MPEG2
704 x 480 pixels MPEG2
352 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 240 pixels MPEG2
352 x 240 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
29,97 fps (frames/second)
23,976 fps with 3:2 pulldown = 29,97 playback fps (NTSC Film, this is only supported by MPEG2 video)


Audio:
Up to 8 audio tracks containing DD (Dolby Digital/AC3), DTS, PCM(uncompressed audio), MPEG-1 Layer2. One audio track must have DD or PCM Audio.

Extras:
Menus, still pictures, subtitles and more. For more technical details read the DVDDemystified DVD FAQ or the mpeg.org DVD Technical Notes.