[MPlayer-users] Re: which deinterlace filter

[Andreu Escudero]

> DVDs have a much higher resolution image, are able to store far more,
> etc.  That's a long way away from the norminal improvements that PAL
> made.  Not to mention the downsides of PAL really cancel
> them out.
Well, PAL has a higher resolution than NTSC, and it's noticeable, and
solves the NTSC (Never Twice the Same Color) color problems, although
it's of course not perfect.
I don't know of any downside.

> Not really true.  While PAL does have a slightly higher resolution, it
> makes up for it by having a significantly lower fram rate.  I really
> wouldn't consider a nominally higher resolution an improvement, since a
> lot of that signal is discarded anyhow.
Not more signal is discarded from PAL than from NTSC, so if you discard
the same signal from a system with a lower resolution...
For the frame rate, well, film has 24FPS... even less than PAL.
And for high motion fast video scenes, I don't think the change from 50
to 60000/1001 is really noticeable.

> I also wouldn't consider "strange" frame rates to be a disadvantage of
> any sort.
Well, not really, but the fact that 2:3 pulldown must be done to view a
24FPS film on a 60fPS/30FPS screen is much more annoying than the 4%
speed increase.

Anyway, the best option for film viewing is actually a PAL DVD slowed
down to 24FPS, then you have the higher resolution from PAL with the
cinema timing, and with a real progressive image, without all the pullup
complications (hard pulldowned NTSC DVDs are a nightmare sometimes).

I hope anyway that when the HDTV really arrives, a standard would be
chosen able to function both in NTSC and PAL land.

Anyway, as I'm able (like everything in this list) to watch both NTSC
and PAL, I think we can stop talking about the upsides/downsides of each
system.

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