PAL Australia and UK

[Glenn]

Hi

Will video games encoded with PAL (UK) standard be OK here.
Apparently Australia uses PAL B/G and UK uses PAL-I but not sure what
difference there is or whether it is significant.

Thanks
Glenn

 

[ian field]

"Glenn" <glenn@evans-pure.net> wrote in message
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Hi

Will video games encoded with PAL (UK) standard be OK here.
Apparently Australia uses PAL B/G and UK uses PAL-I but not sure what
difference there is or whether it is significant.

Thanks
Glenn

This might help

http://www.howtoconvert.co.uk/howpali2palbg.htm

If the only difference is the sound intercarrier it may be worth examining
the TV sound demodulator, it may be as simple as replacing a ceramic
resonator and peaking a couple of IFTs.

A while back someone brought me a big American TV, it had a PAL/NTSC switch
under a flap on the front but they couldn't get any sound - I simply added a
6MHz resonator in parallel with the 5.5MHz one on the SIF board and tweaked
the nearby IFT.

 

[ian field]

"Glenn" <glenn@evans-pure.net> wrote in message
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Hi

Will video games encoded with PAL (UK) standard be OK here.
Apparently Australia uses PAL B/G and UK uses PAL-I but not sure what
difference there is or whether it is significant.

Thanks
Glenn

This page gives tech details.

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/WorldTV/broadcast.html

 

[MisterE]

"Glenn" <glenn@evans-pure.net> wrote in message
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Hi

Will video games encoded with PAL (UK) standard be OK here.
Apparently Australia uses PAL B/G and UK uses PAL-I but not sure what
difference there is or whether it is significant.

Games or consoles? The answer is yes they will work. You would be hard
pressed to find a TV that would not work with NTSC let alone the different
pals.

 

[Phil Allison]

"MisterE"

"Glenn"
Will video games encoded with PAL (UK) standard be OK here.
Apparently Australia uses PAL B/G and UK uses PAL-I but not sure what
difference there is or whether it is significant.

Games or consoles? The answer is yes they will work. You would be hard
pressed to find a TV that would not work with NTSC let alone the different
pals.

** The differences between UK and Aussie PAL only EXIST when considering
RF modulated or broadcast signals.

As composite video signals ( normally on RCA plugs & sockets) they are the
same - ie 625 line, 50 Hz PAL.

Strange how so many folk are terminally confused on the issue.



....... Phil

 

[Glenn]

Thanks all... my son was keen to try it anyway, and it wasn't pricey,
so it's on its way from the UK.

Looks like I should have no problems.

Cheers
Glenn