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PAL

Video standard used in the UK, other parts of Europe, and China. It has a higher definition and different screen format from the US NTSC standard. Running a television program written for PAL on an NTSC system can result in the bottom of the screen image being cut off.



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gov Acronyms for the various analog and digital standards are: * NTSC: National Television Systems Committee * ATSC: Advanced Television Systems Committee * DVB-T: Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial * DMB-T: Digital Multimedia Broadcast - Terrestrial * PAL: Phase-Alternating Line * SECAM: Sequentiel couleur Ea memoire (French for "sequential color with memory") * QAM: Quadrature amplitude modulation Microtune is a registered trademark and MicroTuner is a trademark of Microtune, Inc.
The application processor also has a video output unit for connections to National Television System Committee (NTSC) and phase-alternating line (PAL) TVs.
 
 
 
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