Saturn pal to ntsc converter??

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Saturn pal to ntsc converter?? Jan 10, 2012 23:36:41 GMT

Post by prabmire on Jan 10, 2012 23:36:41 GMT

Hey guys, bought a white saturn on gumtree recently and its had the power board changed to a UK one, and has been like that for some time, it also shipped with a saturn ntsc to pal converter, this is the first time i've seen one, so i'm guessing back in the day people privately imported via magazines and stuff

Has anyone else come across this before

Prab

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Saturn pal to ntsc converter?? Jan 11, 2012 9:18:27 GMT

Post by buckoa51 on Jan 11, 2012 9:18:27 GMT

Yes, they don't really convert PAL to NTSC (as that would require refresh rate changes and other trickery outside the power of a cheap little converter box like that, and of course would be unwelcome for video games due to additional lag) what they do is convert the colour carrier in the composite video or S-Video from NTSC to PAL colour space allowing PAL60 compatible TV's to (usually) display a colour picture.

It's fairly useless in this day and age since everyone has RGB SCART now.

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prabmire Saturn Master Joined: January 2011 Posts: 2,077 Location:	Saturn pal to ntsc converter?? Jan 11, 2012 10:05:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by prabmire on Jan 11, 2012 10:05:42 GMT Yeah, i'm not gonna use it, as i have rgb scart but i've just not come across it before Prab

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Post by prabmire on Jan 11, 2012 10:05:42 GMT