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10-29-2005, 07:53 PM
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NTSC is the video format used in the US.
PAL is the format used in many other countries.

They encode the image information differently. Also, PAL works on a frequency of 50Hz and NTSC is on 60Hz (those being the AC power frequencies in the relevant countries)

If you put an NTSC video in a PAL machine, it won't play. But most DVD players can make the conversion.
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