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PAL consoles question
piccolo38 - Jul 18, 2003
  piccolo38 Jul 18, 2003
hey i'm browsing the web for certain consoles i want to buy, and these PAL units keep poping up. what exactly are they? what's the difference between them and American ones? Is it like the difference between america and japan?

 Jaded God Jul 18, 2003
PAL consoles are used in areas such as Europe/UK...

See the difference between America and the UK is, America uses NTSC tv signal, while the UK utilizes PAL.

PAL has a refresh rate of 50hZ, while NTSC has a refresh rate of 60hZ.

You may ask why the difference? Well two different areas had separate ideas, basically. Us americans are just stubborn and we should utilize PAL also.

So, unless you have a tv that can play PAL signals ok on a NTSC tv, I advise you to stick to your own NTSC units.

 Scared0o0Rabbit Jul 19, 2003
Alternately those silly europeans could switch over to ntsc like both teh US and Japan use ^_~. If you are handy witha soldering iron you can change the saturn to do eithe rntsc or pal... or install a switch to do both.

 piccolo38 Jul 19, 2003
ah see, i just thought they PAL units have a different regional code or their power cord has weird plugs like the ones in britain, if its the hz signal then i guess there's nothing i can do about it, thanx much for replies

 Scared0o0Rabbit Jul 19, 2003
Actually pal units generall are europe region code also lol... and run on a different power than US units. So... unless you have technical skills, I'd stay away from PAL units.

 Gmc Jul 19, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Scared0o0Rabbit@Jul 19, 2003 @ 06:29 AM



 Alternately those silly europeans could switch over to ntsc like both teh US and Japan use ^_~. If you are handy witha soldering iron you can change the saturn to do eithe rntsc or pal... or install a switch to do both.


Heh, we got PAL 60Hz on most of our games nowadays which is alot better than NTSC (Higher res and same refresh rate as NTSC :cheers )

 Myname Jul 19, 2003
If you're talking about older systems, stick with NTSC. Most of us who live in PAL territory spend half our time trying to get get 60hz out of our consoles, so if you don't have to do that.. Don't

 mal Jul 19, 2003
piccolo38, you really need to learn to use Google....

 gameboy900 Jul 19, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Gmc+Jul 19, 2003 @ 04:57 AM-->
QUOTE(Gmc @ Jul 19, 2003 @ 04:57 AM)
 
QUOTE(gameboy900 @ Jul 20, 2003 @ 03:06 PM)