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PAL

PAL (an acronym for Phase Alternating Line) is a colour encoding system for analogue television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 frames) per second, and associated with CCIR analogue broadcast television systems B, D, G, H, I…

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History

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Geographic reach

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Countries and territories using PAL, past and present

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PAL vs. NTSC

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Geographic reach

History

Colour decoding methods

Colour encoding

PAL broadcast systems

Home devices

PAL vs. NTSC

PAL vs. SECAM

Countries and territories using PAL, past and present

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PAL

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Triples246
Avg. degree1.99
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PAL

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related to Using PAL B, D, G, H, K or I · 34
PAL → Afghanistan, AlgeriaAngolaBahrain, Ascension, Australia, BFBS, BhutanBotswanaBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryCameroonCape, Cunha, DjiboutiEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniFalkland Islands, DVB-T, FijiGambiaGuinea-BissauIraq, KiribatiLaos, LebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaMalawiMaldivesMozambiqueMyanmar, Nauru NepalNiueNorfolk Island, New Zealand, North Korea, Oman, Once, PAL-I, PAL-M, Palestine
related to Geographic reach · 30
PAL → African, Argentina, Asia-Pacific, Brazil, Countries, DVD-Video, European, For, France, Francophone Africa, Hz, Japan, Liberia, Likewise, Middle East, Myanmar, NTSC, PAL DVD, Paraguay, Philippines
related to VHS and DVD players · 28
PAL → Argentina, Australia/New Zealand, Central, D/K, DirecTV, Europe, European, Likewise, MHz, Most DVD, North, NTSC-M, PAL DVD, PAL-B/G, PAL-N, PAL-N TV, PAL-N VCR, Paraguay, People, RGB SCART
related to history · 22
PAL → Bruch, December, EBU, Europe's, European, European Broadcasting Union, Gerhard Mahler, German, Hanover, In, January, NTSC, NTSC's, SECAM, Telefunken, The, To, TV, Walter Bruch, West Germany
related to PAL-N (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay) · 22
PAL → Argentina, CCIR System, D/K, It, ME/76, MHz, NTSC, NTSC-like, On, PAL-B/G, PAL-M, PAL-N, Paraguay, Pseudo PAL, Quasi-PAL, Resolution No, RF, The, The PAL, The PAL-N
related to Multisystem TVs · 16
PAL → CVBS, Eastern European, France, French, French-broadcast SECAM, Many, MHz, Middle Eastern SECAM, NTSC, NTSC-M, PAL-M, PAL-N, RF, S-Video SECAM, They, VCR
related to PAL 60 · 13
PAL → Europe, GameCube, Hz, Many, MHz, NTSC, PAL-M, PlayStation, Some, The Dreamcast, The PlayStation, When, Xbox
related to PAL broadcast systems · 13
PAL → B/G/H, D/K, Eastern Europe, European, However, Instead, MHz, PAL-B/G, SECAM, SECAM-D/K, Some, The PAL, This
related to PAL-L · 9
PAL → An, CCIR System, Hz, MHz, PAL-B/G/H, PAL-L, Phase Alternating Line, System, The PAL-L
related to Colour encoding · 8
PAL → Like NTSC, MHz, Most PAL, NTSC, RGB, The, The SECAM, UV

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ntsc colour secam system video line used subcarrier signal mhz standard phase systems 50 60 also tv lines television broadcast

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sync datainstance ofthe rest being used for other information0.80text
captioninginstance ofthe rest being used for other information0.80text
the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesisinstance ofGames with an emphasis on speed0.80text
the Xboxinstance ofOther consoles0.80text
GameCube followed suitinstance ofOther consoles0.80text
implementinginstance ofOther consoles0.80text
PALhas methodPAL-D0.60section
PALhas methodPAL-N0.60section
PALhas methodPAL-H0.60section
PALhas methodPAL-K0.60section
PALhas methodThe Telefunken0.60section
PALhas methodChrominance Lock0.60section

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