On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Phil Blundell <p...@pbcl.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 08:38 -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > > From: William Degnan > > > > > some are made to handle both pal and ntsc automatically. ... > > not sure > > > if they still do all that for LCD tv's but why not? > > > > Well, one thing most LCD's don't handle is interlaced video, so that > > could be an issue. > > Anything sold as a TV (as opposed to a computer monitor) will include a > deinterlacer; a TV that could only handle progressive scan input would > be unacceptable to most consumers. Standard definition broadcasts were > always interlaced and so are most/all DVDs, though as far as I know > Blu-ray is progressive scan only. Even high definition broadcasts are > still routinely interlaced in many cases. ATSC for example can be > either 1080i or 720p, and I think the majority of DVB broadcasts are > 1080i. > > In fact, even computer monitors often tend to include some sort of > deinterlacing capability, though I suspect this is more because it > comes for free with the chipsets than because the market actually > requires it. But monitors tend to have a minimum horizontal sync rate > of 20kHz or so and often won't lock to a 480i/576i input, so they'd be > no use for the current purpose anyway. > > p. > > So I guess what you're saying is, get a last-gen CRT TV that claims PAL and NTSC automatic capability. I don't have mine anymore, but it was my bench monitor, I have PAL Commodores I used to use it on. Wish I remembered the manufacturer. b
