NTSC 4.43 vs NTSC 3.58

[gammer]

Hello,
I didn't know what forum to post this in, and because I am in this one alot, I figured I would post it here.

My question:

As mentioned in my previous post, I just purchased a Panasonic AG7350 VCR. I just noticed that it only outputs in Pal or CCIR or NTSC 4.43 format (there is a 3 way switch to select what you want). Now the operation manual I downloaded from Panasonic says to use NTSC 4.43 to playback tapes recorded by an NTSC vcr.

So will NTSC 4.43 output work? Am I going to need a converter to change the 4.43 signal to the normal 3.58?

Thanks
Jeff

[gammer]

Sorry for the confusion,
I downloaded the manual for the PAL version of this model.
I am getting the proper manual now for the NTSC model.

I appologize.

[gammer]

BTW, for those of you who are wondering: What the heck is NTSC 4.43?

What is NTSC 4.43 ? - NTSC 4.43 Explained

What is NTSC 4.43 and why does it exist....

If NTSC didn't actually have to be broadcast, then the color subcarrier could almost be anything within reason. NTSC would not be locked in to using the 3.579545 subcarrier. If the video need not ever be broadcast (for recording purposes only) then the NTSC composite signal could just as effectively use PAL's higher subcarrier. Using PAL's higher subcarrier would allow the chroma bandwidth to be increased, thus yielding superior chroma detail.

The other reason is that some European TV's support NTSC 4.43 but NOT NTSC-M, since it required little additional circuitry to support NTSC 4.43. Tapes recorded in NTSC 4.43 will happily display on these TV monitors without needing to be converted. (assuming they have an NTSC 4.43 compatible player).

Note that although NTSC 4.43 uses PAL's color subcarrier frequency of 4.433618 mHz, the chroma is still encoded as an NTSC signal. Thus although it uses PAL's subcarrier, tapes recorded in NTSC 4.43 will not display on a standard PAL monitor or play in a standard PAL VCR.

Most newer European PAL TV sets support 60 cycle frame rates. PAL-M is often referred referred to as being 60 cycle PAL. However, PAL-M is not the same as NTSC 4.43 !

The more widespread availability today of multi-standard VCR's and monitors, have made NTSC 4.43 somewhat obsolete.