[MacDV] Re: NTSC miniDV camcorder in France...

[Ben Ing]

Not entirely sure, but I think that this could simply be because of the 
physics of scanning interlaced video. Isn't 30 20% bigger than 25? With 
fewer frames, the same scanning rate would produce a larger picture, 
wouldn't it?

On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 06:41 AM, Mark O'Brien wrote:

> In addition to the different fps rates, there is a difference in 
> resolution
> between PAL and NTSC. In standard 4x3 aspect ratio, PAL has 720x576 
> pixels,
> and NTSC has 720x480. That's 20 percent greater horizontal resolution 
> for
> PAL over NTSC, but I don't know the history of why this spec diverged
> between the two systems.