PAL

PAL stands for Phase Alternating Line and is an analogue TV encoding system used in many parts of the world. Other analogue TV encoding systems are SECAM and NTSC . The PAL was created with the goal of providing color TV for Europe and to resolve conflicts with NTSC . PAL was first created in Germany by Walter Bruch and began broadcasting to the United Kingdom and Germany in 1967.

Phase Alternating Line refers to how the phase of the color formation is alternating for each line. Since PAL and NTSC are similar, PAL has to use different lines to avoid NTSC interfering. Both PAL and SECAM are attempts of improving from the NTSC method. There are also many different types of PAL broadcast systems that are used in different countries such as PAL -M, PAL -N, and PAL -L. PAL is used in parts of South America, Greenland, most of Africa, parts of Europe, parts of Asia, and Australia.

PAL was used to differentiate between NTSC in terms of having different lines and different voltages. This differentiation is important since DVDs can be in either PAL format or NTSC format. Unfortunately, most TVs are only compatible with one format. Some people resolve this conflict by purchasing plug ins and other accessorizes to attempt to solve this problem. However, Multisystem TVs can play all of the formats available including PAL , NTSC , and SECAM .

One store that sells quality Multisystem TVs at reasonable prices is Overseas Best Buy . Anyone should purchase a Multisystem TV in order to play the formats of PAL , NTSC , and SECAM . They would not have to deal with problems of moving to a different country or playing DVDs in other languages. A Multisystem TV would recognize all formats and will not create signal problems for you.

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