| It is also important for those in the
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| | formats, and to make sure they purchase
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| market for a plasma TV to be aware of
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| | the right products for their part of the
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| other purchases that may be required
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| | world.The term NTSC is an acronym for
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| besides the television itself. One of
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| | National Television System Committee, the
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| the most important things to keep in mind
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| | industry wide standardization body that
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| is the fact that in most cases these TVs
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| | was responsible for the creation of the
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| will not come with their own tuner. The
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| | format.The National Television System
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| buyer of the television therefore needs
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| | Committee was first established back in
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| to be prepared to provide a cable TV,
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| | 1940 by the Federal Communications
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| satellite TV, DVD, VCR or computer
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| | Committee (FCC) in order to resolve
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| input.It is also important to purchase
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| | conflicts which had arisen over the
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| only the highest quality cables to
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| | introduction of a national analog
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| connect these external devices to the
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| | television system in the United States.
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| plasma TV. These high quality
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| | In March of 1941, the committee issued a
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| televisions are very sensitive, and using
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| | technical standard for black and while
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| the highest quality cabling will help
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| | television, built on an earlier
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| owners get the most out of their new
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| | recommendation by the Radio Manufacturers
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| TVs.The PAL FormatPAL is short for phase
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| | Association.After a few years of
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| alternating line, and it is a color
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| | inaction, the National Television System
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| encoding system that is used to broadcast
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| | Committee came back into being in 1950,
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| television signals in large portions of
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| | this time in order to make a decision
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| the world. The PAL formThe terminology
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| | about color TV. The committee
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| PAL is generally used to refer to the 625
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| | unanimously approved what is now known as
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| line/50Hz television system found
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| | the NTSC color television standard in
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| primarily in European countries, and to
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| | 1953.Throughout the years there have been
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| differentiate the system form the 525
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| | a number of changes in the NTSC standard,
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| line/60Hz systems, known as NTSC, that
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| | known as NTSC I, NTSC II and NTSC III.
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| have become the norm in North America,
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| | The specifics on each type of NTSC are as
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| Central America and Japan. It is
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| | follows:*NTSC I first became the standard
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| important for buyers of DVDs to
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| | in 1941, starting in the US and later
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| understand this difference, since not all
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| | moving to Canada. The NTSC I standard
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| DVD players are capable of playing both
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| | was the original black and white
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| formats.PAL formats are used in a number
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| | broadcasting standard.*NTSC II is the
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| of different countries throughout the
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| | color version of the NTSC standard.*NTSC
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| world, including all of Europe, many
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| | III was developed to deal with the new
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| parts of Asia, and many parts of Africa
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| | digital television revolution which began
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| as well.The NTSC FormatThe NTSC format,
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| | in the 1980s,and unlike NTSC all aspects
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| on the other hand, is primarily used
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| | of the NTSC III format have been rigidly
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| throughout Central and South America,
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| | designed.The NTSC format is used
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| including the United States, as well as
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| | throughout North America, including the
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| in Japan. Again, it is important for
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| | United States, Canada and Mexico, as well
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| both television shoppers and DVD
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| | as throughout Central America and the
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| purchasers to be aware of the differences
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| | Caribbean, including Cuba, Costa Rica, El
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| between the competing PAL and NTSC
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| | Salvador, Guatemala, Bermuda, the U.S.
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