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by mabster 171 days ago
I'm guessing you're talking about interlacing?

I've never really experienced it because I've always watched PAL which doesn't have that.

But I would have thought it would be perceived as flashing at 60 Hz with a darker image?
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pledg 171 days ago
PAL had interlacing
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walkerbrown 171 days ago
For anyone this deep on the thread, check out this video (great presenter!) explaining TV spectrum allocation, NTSC, PAL, and the origin of 29.97 fps.

https://youtu.be/3GJUM6pCpew

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DonHopkins 171 days ago
TIL NTSC: He explained that NTSC stands for Not The Smartest Choice, but I always assumed it meant Never The Same Color.
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mabster 169 days ago
Memories shattered. Yeah, you're right and I would have watched interlaced broadcast content.

I saw interlaced NTSC video in the digital days where the combing was much more obvious and always assumed it was only an NTSC thing!

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