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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th Feb 2007 17:29 UTC

Geeks.com was so kind to send me the Dell w1700, a 17" widescreen multi-purpose monitor (by lack of a better term). It can serve as a television and a computer monitor at the same time, and the amount of connection possibilities is just scary. Read on for a review.

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RE[2]: Interesting

by memson on Mon 26th Feb 2007 19:33 UTC in reply to "RE: Interesting"

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2006-01-01

IIRC PAL is actually clocked at 50Hz interlaced (so is as if it was 25Hz - not all scanlines are drawn each cycle) and NTSC is something like 60Hz interlaced.

PAL has a higher resolution, but suffers from noticable flicker when compared to a US TV.

PAL is actually clocked at 60Hz (interlaced) in Brasil.

PAL I is used in the UK, PAL M moist of Europe. They are not compatible. The sound carrier is not the same and a PAL M broadcast will produce no sound on a PAL I TV.

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RE[3]: Interesting

by Thom_Holwerda on Mon 26th Feb 2007 19:38 in reply to "RE[2]: Interesting"

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2005-06-29

PAL B, G, H, I, and N are compatible with one another, while PAL M (used only in Brazil and Laos) is not.

Didn't I tell you this is HELL.

Edited 2007-02-26 19:42

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RE[4]: Interesting

by memson on Mon 26th Feb 2007 22:49 in reply to "RE[3]: Interesting"

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2006-01-01

Okay, so is it N or B that most of Eourope use? Whichever it is doesn not work correctly with broadcast TV in the UK.

All the chaos of refresh rates is ties to the frequency of electricity. Mad, eh? ;-)

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RE[3]: Interesting

by stestagg on Mon 26th Feb 2007 19:41 in reply to "RE[2]: Interesting"

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2006-06-03

but suffers from noticable flicker

For people who notice the flicker at 50Hz, there are 100Hz TVs.

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RE[4]: Interesting

by helf on Tue 27th Feb 2007 00:42 in reply to "RE[3]: Interesting"

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2005-07-06

heh, I notice the flicker at 60hz on tvs and up to about 80hz on computers CRTs... its either 85hz and up or no go.

60hz kills my eyes. I get headaches I cannot imagine PAL...

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