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PAL 50 and PAL 60 are signal standards rather than a television specification. PAL is the color encoding system used in Europe and other parts of the world. PAL is usually run at 50 fields per second hence the term PAL 50. North America uses NTSC as the color encoding standard and is normally used with 60 fields per second.
To view NTSC content on a PAL television, the color encoding needs to be converted from NTSC to PAL. There are a number of converters that do this job well and at a relatively low cost. However, converting 60 fields per second to 50 fields per second demands much more processing power. Broadcast companies will pay up to $60,000 or more for a standards converter that does the job well. Because of this, many NTSC to PAL converters will change the color encoding but leave the field rate the same and output a PAL 60 signal.
Many PAL televisions will handle a 60Hz signal but some won't. It is a feature of the television and one that cannot be added at a later date. Many modern European televisions will also now handle NTSC signals in their native form so if a PAL 60 signal doesn't work, it might be worth trying an NTSC signal without any conversion. Unfortunately, if neither work, the only options are to obtain a full standards converter or a television that will handle multiple standards.
It is worth mentioning that North American DVDs have a region code. As well as running in 60Hz, the code may prevent the disc being played on European DVD players which have a different region code. Before investing in new hardware, make sure that the source material isn't being blocked by region code restrictions.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoPAL is the European color encoding standard for television and is normally used with a 50Hz field rate. NTSC is the North American color encoding standard and usually has a 60Hz field rate. Transferring 60Hz material into 50Hz takes a great deal of processing power and the end result is often fairly poor with the picture jumping, flickering and freezing. Transferring an NTSC encoded signal into PAL encoded is far easier and European multi-standard players often transfer the color encoding without changing the field rate, hence the PAL signal at 60Hz.
Many European televisions will handle the signal with no fuss at all. Some won't. The ability is provided at the design stage and often is not mentioned in any brochure or specification. There is normally no way to find out other than trying it and there is no user control to allow such a feature to be switched on at a later date.
The only way to do it is to connect the signal and keep fingers crossed at the same time.
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What TVs show 50 and or 60 hertz?
50 Europe 60 USA
How do you change TV from PAL50 to PAL60?
PAL 60 is an unusual format that is rarely seen now. Before answering the question, here are some facts about color encoding and frame rates:PAL is the color encoding standard used throughout most of Europe and other parts of the worldNTSC is the color encoding standard used in North America, Japan and other parts of the world.Countries that use PAL use a television field rate of 50Hz while NTSC countries use 60Hz.Therefore, PAL signals are almost always 50Hz but it is quite possible to encode 60Hz signals using PAL. In fact, it is a relatively simple process to take a 60Hz NTSC signal and transcode it to a PAL signal, still at 60Hz. This is far easier to do than to convert the 60Hz signal into a 50Hz one. Some older VHS players and a few DVD players are capable of playing NTSC content and converting it to PAL 60. Many televisions of the same era would accept 60Hz signals although they did not have NTSC color decoders. PAL 60 was the ideal signal format to use with this combination of player and television.In recent times, most televisions can handle PAL and NTSC at the normal frame rates. PAL 60 (and similarly, NTSC 50) are not used so much. Technically, most televisions are perfectly able to handle these somewhat odd signals but each manufacturer designs the decoding stages in different ways. To make it even harder, it is almost impossible to find out from a retailer or manufacturer whether a particular model will handle PAL 60. The best way to find out is to simply try it.
What is 60 cycles on lcd TVs?
60 is part of the power requirements of the TV set. You can't use this TV in a country that has 50 hz electricity. (50 cps)
What kind of tv's are pal 60?
PAL 60Hz is an unusual standard but one that was fairly common in Europe for a number of years. PAL is the European color encoding standard and European video is refreshed 50 times per second, or 50Hz. NTSC is the North American standard for color encoding and North American television is refreshed at 60Hz. It is important to note that the frame rate is not related to the color encoding method used although by convention NTSC signals will be 60Hz and PAL will be 50Hz. Some European televisions could handle 60Hz signals but did not had an NTSC decoder. For that reason, a range of video players were fitted with an NTSC to PAL converter. The conversion between the two is a fairly straightforward process and can be done with virtually no loss of quality. The conversion from 60Hz frame rate to 50Hz is a far more complex operation and difficult to perform without significant losses (a high end broadcast standard frame rate converter can be in excess of $50,000!). So, the video player was content to deliver a signal that was still 60Hz but encoded into a PAL signal. Many televisions could handle PAL 60 so the result was a full color image but using 60Hz signals. Less common is NTSC 50. North American televisions have rarely been able to handle PAL signals because there is far less demand for European content on the US compared to US content in Europe. It is worth mentioning that when material crosses from American to Europe, broadcasters will always perform a frame rate conversion as well as encoding into PAL so PAL 60 is never seen as a broadcast standard.
Can play ps2 format pal in TVs ntsc of US?
No most US televisions do not Play PAL some can be set to play PAL
What channel is cartoon network on suddenlink tv?
Some where between 60 and 50
What is pal 60?
The two main features that define a color television standard are the color encoding method and the rate at which images are displayed. North America uses a 60Hz image rate and uses NTSC color encoding. Europe uses PAL color encoding and a 50Hz image rate. It is important to note that the color encoding system is not tied to the frame rate but NTSC is normally only used at 60Hz and Pal at 50Hz. One of the techniques used by European multi-standard equipment is to take North American NTSC material and transcode the signal into PAL. The frame rate stays the same and the conversion from NTSC to PAL is relatively simple to do. The output is a PAL signal at 60Hz, known as PAL 60. Once the signal is output from the player, it then relies on the monitor being able to operate at 60Hz. Today, the majority of equipment is capable of operating in both PAL and NTSC at 50 or 60Hz so the PAL 60 technique is rarely used. However, as the technical ability to display different standards has developed, DVDs and other media have employed region coding. A DVD that has a region code for the US will generally not play on a European DVD player. PAL 60 is the standard used for broadcast television in Brazil. The image / color encoding is PAL but the frame refresh rate is 30 fps (as it is with the old NTSC standard in the USA) rather than the 25 fps used in Europe. Because PAL produces significantly greater resolution than NTSC (720 X 576 for PAL, 640 X 480 for NTSC), increasing the frame refresh rate from 25 to 30 fps reduces motion blur while greatly improving resolution. Therefore, the Brazilian television picture has been much superior to that in Europe and the USA. That was true until the USA went to the digital format.
Which of the system pal or ntsc or secam is the broadcasting system of Nepal television in Nepal?
pal
How the television change in the 50's?
The biggest change was that it went from black and white to color.
Will an LCD tv 240 v 50 hz run on 240v 60 hz?
Yes !
Does samsung's f8 lcd tv support both ntsc and pal?
Samsung does not sell LCD TVs that are PAL compatible. Samsung's F8 is a NTSC compatible LCD TV model. A converter can be purchased to make a television support PAL.
Can you play a PAL DVD through a Television?
You have to have a DVD player that can play PAL DVDs. Some dual format players, particularly sold in the US, convert the PAL format so it is output in NTSC format. The other type of dual format players output NTSC discs in NTSC format and PAL discs in PAL format. If you have a the first type your NTSC TV will display both (losing the benefits of the (slightly) higher definition in the PAL format). If you have the second type, you will need a dual format TV to play PAL discs. The second combination is more common in countries that used the PAL standard for terrestrial broadcast TV.
