Questions tagged [pal]

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Does PAL has any resolution?

I'm trying to learn about analog video signals like PAL,VGA and S-video. I recently read about PAL signal It says Each PAL frame consist of 625 lines, 25 frames per second However It says nothing about length of the lines. I am more familiar with…
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Converting movie from 25fps PAL back to 24fps without recompressing

Quite often i'll come across movies or television shows that were originally 24fps (as all movies, and most U.S. television shows are), but have been converted to 25fps for PAL playblack. The conversion of 24fps source material to 25fps is pretty…
Ian Boyd
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US Playstation2 in Europe

I just moved from the States to Germany and I brought my Playstion 2 with me (purchased in the US). I understand that I need an adapter and a converter in order to prevent it from blowing up when plugging it in, but will the device even play on my…
Jan K.
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Are PAL DVDs compatible with iMacs?

I'm interested in buying a DVD of a British documentary. However, it's only available in PAL format. I have an iMac running OS-X 10.5.8. I bought my iMac in the States. Is PAL compatible with my iMac?
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