Originally posted by: THX
If it's not cropping you have qualms about with the PAL LD telecines, what is it?
Same things that could make an NTSC transfer poor: dust, video dropouts, sharpness, colour, saturation. That sort of thing. I own both NTSC and PAL transfers, and they're both pretty good. Neither is flawless. I think player choice makes the biggest difference -- the quality of the X0 transfer is just unattainable with the PAL-spec machines generally available.
But working with PAL is nice for at least one reason: no bloody IVTC to worry about!
I thought France had SECAM?
If it's not cropping you have qualms about with the PAL LD telecines, what is it?
Same things that could make an NTSC transfer poor: dust, video dropouts, sharpness, colour, saturation. That sort of thing. I own both NTSC and PAL transfers, and they're both pretty good. Neither is flawless. I think player choice makes the biggest difference -- the quality of the X0 transfer is just unattainable with the PAL-spec machines generally available.
But working with PAL is nice for at least one reason: no bloody IVTC to worry about!
I thought France had SECAM?
They do. But it's the TV/VCR/LD player/DVD player that is SECAM; the program material on disc is PAL. Don't ask me what the difference is between PAL & SECAM! Obviously it's not that big...