PAL or NTSC? .. a question I did not expect to ask

Mr. Hector

Mr. Hector

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I do not really know how it came about, maybe it is the technologly, but after dacades of still photography I have been drawn into the world of moving pictures.

Hours trawling the internet and I came to the conclusion that the camera for me was the DVX100B (keep thinking about the HVX200 but am worried about archiving all that data).

I assumed that I would be buying a PAL camera as it is native to my region and a better standard (more lines etc..) Now I am being told the following;

1. The NTSC cameras' 24p is closer to the frame rate of film
2. The NTSC cameras offer more frame rate choices
3. The NTSC cameras are better for Slow Motion

as if that is not enough, I read in my DVD players manual

"Note: Due to restrictions imposed by the standard, copyprotected PAL discs will always be displayed with interlace on."

I am aiming to get a camera that will be able to produce the most film like DVDs and here in PAL country most players, TVs and Projectors play either standard, so what do you all think??


 
Go PAL. It's easier, it's higher resolution, and it's easier. No pulldown to worry about, and it's easier. Don't worry about your DVD player manual - interlace is not something you can add into a progressive picture - it just means you'll get 25p as embedded in 50i, just like what you're recording to DV tape, and it will still look 25p.

Graeme
 
Thanks Graeme,

I thought the clue must have been in the word copyprotected. Are they saying that commercially sold films on PAL DVD allow only an interlaced output?

..and that if I capture 25p in a NLE output to DVD and play on my DVD player with progressive component out it will be about as film like as it gets without getting into the realms of 35 adaptors to reduce the DOF?

Simon G
 
Perhaps that's what they're saying, but it matters not, because they still look progressive and indeed, really are progressive, even though the signal is interlaced. It's like Psf how progressive gets recorded on interlaced HDCAM tape.

And yes, put the right colour correction and gamma curves on it, and it's as close as you'll get.

Graeme
 
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