what is PAL and NTSC???

jameboy · Post by **jameboy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:30 pm

I hear about modding called PAL and NTSC but I have no idea how they work. Can someone please tell me what kinds of mods you can do and how you mod with them

deepplague · Post by **deepplague** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:38 pm

pal and ntsc are different types of xbox

Alexander · Post by **Alexander** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:43 pm

PAL = the European standard of Television
NTSC = North American standard of Television

If you live in one of the following countries, you need PAL.

Abu Dhabi Gibraltar Pakistan
Afghanistan Greenland Papua New Guinea
Albania Guinea Paraguay
Algeria Guinea-Bissau Poland
Angola Holland Portugal
Argentina Hong Kong Qatar
Ascension Island Iceland Sardinia
Australia India Seychelles
Austria Indonesia Sierra Leone
Azores Ireland Singapore
Bahrain Israel Slovenia
Bangladesh Italy Solomon Islands
Belgium Jordan Somalia
Bosnia Herzegovina Kenya South Africa
Botswana Kuwait Spain
Brunei Lebanon Sri Lanka
Cameroon Lesotho Sudan
Canary Islands Liberia Swaziland
Cape Verde Liechtenstein Sweden
Cayman Islands Luxembourg Switzerland
China Macao Syria
Christmas Island Macedonia Tanzania
Cook Island Madeira Thailand
Croatia Malawi Tonga
Cyprus Malaysia Tristian Da Cunah
Denmark Maldives Turkey
Dubai Malta Uganda
Easter Island Montenegro United Arab Emirates
Eritrea Mozambique United Kingdom
Ethiopia Namibia Vanuatu
Falkland Islands Nepal Vatican
Faroe Islands Netherlands Yemen
Finland New Zealand Yugoslavia
Gambia Nigeria Zambia
Gaza and West Bank Norfolk Island Zanzibar
Germany Norway Zimbabwe
Ghana Oman

If you live in Canada, Mexico, or the US, you use NTSC.

jameboy · Post by **jameboy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:47 pm

ohhhhh I see now. I looked on the box cover for my halo and it said NTSC. I get it now.

Ketchup_Bomb · Post by **Ketchup_Bomb** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:55 pm

deepplague wrote:pal and ntsc are different types of xbox

That is a completly false statement. As shown by Narker.
To elaborate, they are different types of video encoding.
NTSC has a smaller range of broadcasting pixels, but has a higher FPS rate while PAL has a broader range of active pixels, but has a smaller FPS rate.
However, when you take these two encodings and try to make them data (Binary 0's and 1's) it will not matter what the type of coding is. Due to the fact that they have a common bandwidth that makes data transmission work.
NTSC: 720x480 at 30 FPS = 10,368,000 and
PAL: 720x576 at 25 FPS = 10,368,000