PAL equivalent to "A Video Standard"

[Miles]

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Was there ever a video calibration disc released for the PAL market?

Am I right in thinking that a system set up for playback of NTSC
material would not be optimal for PAL material (I've seen somewhere that
NTSC discs are generally brighter)?

 

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"Miles" <fake@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Was there ever a video calibration disc released for the PAL market?
>
> Am I right in thinking that a system set up for playback of NTSC
> material would not be optimal for PAL material (I've seen somewhere
> that
> NTSC discs are generally brighter)?

There was no PAL version, and you're right that ideally you should have
separate calibration.

 

[Miles]

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In article <AgRjd.9085$Gm6.966@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
jzyber@SPAMMERS-BITE-ME.mindspring.com says...
> "Miles" <fake@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1bf9c778f58d47e69896ad@text.news.ntlworld.com...
> > Was there ever a video calibration disc released for the PAL market?
> >
> > Am I right in thinking that a system set up for playback of NTSC
> > material would not be optimal for PAL material (I've seen somewhere
> > that
> > NTSC discs are generally brighter)?
>
> There was no PAL version, and you're right that ideally you should have
> separate calibration.

Hmmm, what if I played "A Video Standard" with the player set to PAL-60
mode?

 

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"Miles" <fake@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> There was no PAL version, and you're right that ideally you should
>> have
>> separate calibration.
>
> Hmmm, what if I played "A Video Standard" with the player set to
> PAL-60
> mode?

It's not ideal, but since there was no PAL version it's as close as
you're going to get, I think.