Posted by Andy on January 01, 2011 at 06:25:37 user AndyG.
In Reply to: Re: Swallows& Amazons the Musical posted by Allan_Lang on December 14, 2010 at 09:54:11:
...and PAL stands for "Pale And Lurid". :o)
(The technical explanation for PAL's superiority over NTSC is that the chroma signal is phase alternated, line-by-line. The outcome of this is that any degradation to the signal between transmitter and receiver means that the colour can change a little in amount, but not in hue, when recreated within the TV set. With NTSC, an imperfect signal can result in the colour changing in hue - a much more noticeable effect for the viewer.)
Andy, ITO#3 Television Camera Trainee, BBC Woodnorton, 1985!