What is the difference between NTSC, PAL, SECAM?

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There are 3 main analog video standards in use around the world.

PAL (Phase Alternating Line)
NTSC (National Television System Committee)
SECAM (Séquentiel couleur à mémoire – Sequential Color with Memory)

Each standard is incompatible with the other two. Also, the equipment that demodulates the signal must be formatted for that signal.

Generally, NTSC is used in North America, most of the countries in South America, and Japan. PAL is the format for the UK and most European countries except France and parts of Eastern Europe that use SECAM. For example, a recording made in France could not be played on an American VCR.

If you view video tapes that are from outside of the United States or send videos abroad, you must first convert the tape to or from the foreign television standard.

This table illustrates the differences between the video standards:

 

PAL B,G,H

PAL I

PAL N

PAL M

Lines/Fields625/50625/50625/50525/60
Horizontal Frequency15.625 kHz15.625 kHz15.625 kHz15.750 kHz
Vertical Frequency50 Hz50 Hz50 Hz60 Hz
Color Subcarrier Frequency4.433 MHz4.433 MHz3.582 MHz3.575 MHz
Video Bandwidth5.0 MHz5.5 MHz4.2 MHz4.2 MHz
Sound Carrier5.5 MHz5.9996 MHz4.5 MHz4.5 MHz
 

NTSC M

SECAM B,G,H

SECAM D,K,K’,L

Lines/Fields525/60625/50625/50
Horizontal Frequency15.734 kHz15.625 kHz15.625 kHz
Vertical Frequency60 Hz50 Hz50 Hz
Color Subcarrier Frequency3.579545 MHz  
Video Bandwidth4.2 MHz5.0 MHz6.0 MHz
Sound Carrier4.5 MHz5.5 MHz6.5 MHz

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Is there any way to convert PAL to NTSC?

Yes!!! There are some ways you can use to convert from PAL to NTSC or vice versa.

1.

What is PAL 60?

PAL-60 is NTSC with the chroma part converted to PAL (both encoding and subcarrier frequency, 4.43 MHz).

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What are the SECAM variants?

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1. French SECAM (SECAM-L)
French SECAM (SECAM-L) is used only in France, Luxembourg (only RTL9 on CH 21 from Dudelange) and Tele Monte-Carlo Transmitters in the south of France.

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