The PAL video standard. Here is a link to an amusing page that describes the various standards, including the assertion that NTSC stands for Never Twice the Same Color. All I know is, NTSC is an abomination and gives me headaches.
Having got used to digiboxes, I find analogue broadcasts looks blurry and out-of-focus. There tends to be more of a 'shimmer' to digital TV, which I guess is because one can see the two fields making up each frame more clearly.
So yes, everything looks more shiny. And precise. Its like cleaning one's glasses, and getting a clearer view of the world.
Perhaps it's cos down here where everyone lives we have a stronger TV signal. Or maybe cos a bloke from John Lewis came round last summer with a big aerial and a small white box that made everything look nice.
But the world is still in analogue as far as I can tell. The trees outside my house are still hanging on to their old format for a bit longer.
So I still maintain the opposite to you - going back to analogue after the Tour de France in digital is like eating a proper strawberry after having one of those bright pink chewy things they sell in sweetshops - that artificial colour doesn't make it nicer.
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Date: 2004-08-06 12:23 am (UTC)So yes, everything looks more shiny. And precise. Its like cleaning one's glasses, and getting a clearer view of the world.
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Date: 2004-08-10 03:11 pm (UTC)But the world is still in analogue as far as I can tell. The trees outside my house are still hanging on to their old format for a bit longer.
So I still maintain the opposite to you - going back to analogue after the Tour de France in digital is like eating a proper strawberry after having one of those bright pink chewy things they sell in sweetshops - that artificial colour doesn't make it nicer.