PAL-NTSC, NTSC-PAL transfers

[Brent_Reid]

Does anyone know of any decent videos that show the results of PAL-NTSC and NTSC-PAL transfers? Ones with a brief explanation or even just comparison clips would be great. It's for an article and as an ongoing resource. Am just trying to educate the masses!

[Markus_Lang]

See my letter to Universal Pictures about Ring and Psycho: http://www.mlang.name/shame/universal-2.html

...and to Pan Vision about Spirited Away and The Magnificent Ambersons: http://www.mlang.name/shame/panvision.html

These are in Finnish but there are sample screenshots. All show the effect of NTSC→PAL conversion without speed correction (i.e., film material is treated as if it were video material).

Search the site for more examples.

[Brent_Reid]

Hi Markus, thanks for the reply but I really was after video material. I hoped someone might have put together a few minutes-long demo with an explanatory voiceover or similar. I've been using my own and others' screenshots up until now; as awful as yours are, showing the problem in motion is much more effective.

Great letters though! Did you get a decent reply? I think I already know the answer... I reckon the best way to deal with stuff like that nowadays is 'out' them via their own social media or their websites, if they have comments enabled.