NTSC vs PAL: What are the Differences between NTSC and PAL?

Overview

Now many users have asked why their DVD files produced in America can not be normally played in European DVD players. Well, that is because America and Europe use different color encoding systems and America uses NTSC while Europe uses PAL. Even though you know the words NTSC and PAL, but you may not know what NTSC and PAL really stand for, what their differences are and how to play the DVD, VOB, etc produced in America in Europe or vice versa. Now the following article just gives a description.

What are NTSC and PAL?

NTSC, abbreviation for National Television System Committee, is mainly used in America. PAL, abbreviation for Phase Alternating Line, is mainly used in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

The Differences between NTSC and PAL

The reason why the DVD, VOB, etc produced under NTSC can not be played under PAL is that NTSC and PAL uses different electrical power systems and resolution qualities.

Electrical Power System

• America and other regions using NTSC use 60 hertz as their electrical power, which means NTSC sends signal at 60 pulses per second, that is 30 lines of the image. Europe and other regions supporting PAL use 50 hertz as their electrical power, which means PAL generates signal at 25 lines of the image.

Resolution Quality

• A television under NTSC can broadcast 525 lines while PAL television 625 lines. And we all know that the higher the resolution you have, the more amount of visual information you will get.

Countries Using NTSC and PAL

• The countries using NTSC include U.S.A, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Chile, Taiwan, South Korea, etc. The countries using PAL include Austria, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Germany, Belgium, Iraq, India, Jordan, Kuwait, etc.

How to Overcome the NTSC and PAL Differences

A professional NTSC to PAL converter or a PAL to NTSC converter can completely avoid the NTSC and PAL differences by converting DVD, VOB, etc under NTSC for PAL regions or vice versa. To convert NTSC to PAL or PAL to NTSC, we actually increase or reduce frames or resolution lines. iDealshare VideoGo can work as a NTSC to PAL converter or a PAL to NTSC converter to easily convert NTSC to PAL or PAL to NTSC. Check out the key features of iDealshare VideoGo as below.

• Convert DVD, VOB, etc produced in NTSC to the one for successfully playing in regions using PAL.
• Convert DVD, VOB, etc broadcast in PAL to the one complying with NTSC standard.
• Convert between NTSC, PAL, SECAM and other color encoding systems.
• Convert between any two video formats.
• Convert any video format to any device, any media player, any video editing program supported video formats.
• Note:If you want to know more about how to convert the NTSC to PAL or PAL to NTSC, refer to the following guide.

Guide on Converting betwee PAL and NTSC

The following guide will take converting PAL to NTSC as an example. It also helps to convert NTSC to PAL etc.

Free download and install the best PAL and NTSC Converter - iDealshare VideoGo (for Mac, for Windows), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import VOB PAL file

Import the VOB PAL file to this PAL to NTSC converter by clicking the "Add file" button. You can also simply drag the VOB PAL file and drop it to this VOB PAL to NTSC converter.

Step 2 Change from PAL to NTSC

Click "Profile" button to select VOB from "General Video" category. And then click "Setting" button>"Advanced" panel and double click on the right side of Video Codec to select NTSC(mpeg2) as output video format.

Step 3 Convert Video PAL to NTSC

Click Convert button to finish your PAL to NTSC format conversion.