Pal and NTSC

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Sun Nov 12 18:36:36 2000

Mark skrev:

>On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 Lawrence Walker wrote:
>> I have an old famicon game system that is PAL-compliant.
>> Other than a PAL/NTSC converter or PAL TV is there any way of
>> hooking this up. ?

>Yes.

I'm joining late...

>> I do have a kaleidoscopic collection of monitors as well as
>> several VCR tape decks and a JDH Videomate external VGA/TV
>> adapter which allows me to use my NEC multisync as an all-
>> purpose viewer. It has an H-Phase pot whose response on the
>> monitor is a shift to the side of the display and otherwise not
>> causing any picture distortion. I recall on my Atari there were
>> programs that shifted from 60mhz to 50mhz and allowed you to
>> play PAL formatted games, but in this case there is no computer
>> intervention with the JDH. It is a straight-thru switch.

>The main issue here is the colour encoding. If you could get a usable display
>from your Atari in 50Hz mode, you will get a usable display from the Famicom.

If the NEC Multisync is a model II or 3D, it will accept 50Hz frequencies.

>If your VGA/TV converter only understands NTSC colour encoding, the picture
>will be in black-and-white. (Assuming that it works with a 50Hz/625 line
>picture.)

The best alternative would probably be a Commodore monitor such as the 1084 or
the Philips 8833.

Oh wait, my 8833 wouldn't even accept a PAL-60 colour signal.

>You can get analogue NTSC-to-PAL colour standard converters, which only
>change the colour encoding, not the number of lines per field, for about
>US$80 if I remember rightly; I believe MCM Electronics sell something like
>that. Short of making/buying a PAL-to-RGB decoder, that is what you want and
>would give better results more expensive standards converters.

Yep, and a 1084 would certainly be able to handle that.

>Depending on exactly which console you have, it may be possible to modify it
>to give true NTSC output; some Famicom clone consoles have this capability,
>but a real one does not.

>Oh, if your Famicom only has RF output, you'll need a TV tuner that is
>compatible with its signal.

A PAL NES has got an RCA CVBS output on one side.
I would personally like to give Nintendo a big kick in the arse for not
including RGB output into the NES design. SEGA did with the Master System.

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Received on Sun Nov 12 2000 - 18:36:36 GMT

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