An NTSC Atari looks good on a PAL TV. How come?

[Adrian Graham]

> I'm assuming it's because composite input into "relatively" modern can
> handle NTSC and PAL?  Is this a reasonable thought?  The UAV is not an
NTSC
> converter, and even the inventor was surprised this worked.

I remember getting my Atari 1200XL back in 2000 or thereabouts and was
surprised to find I got a good picture on my 1996 Toshiba TV. I think as
soon as PAL TVs gained SCART sockets and RGB composite they also got the
capability to handle NTSC signals. Even my cheapo Fuji portable will handle
NTSC and quite probably SECAM and others. If I ever get my hands on a
Thomson TO7 I'll be able to try it :)

Cheers

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On 7 March 2018 at 08:06, Terry Stewart via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The PAL vrs NTSC TV standard complicated things when collecting home
> computers from other countries.
>
> In New Zealand we are on PAL.  PAL Atari 800s are rarer in the world that
> NTSC ones.  That being the case I recently settled on an NTSC one for my
> collection.  Hooking it up to a couple of my PAL TVs (via composite video)
> I was surprised to see a reasonable colour image.  I then dropped in a UAV
> video enhancement board and was surprised to see a very good colour image!
>
> I'm assuming it's because composite input into "relatively" modern can
> handle NTSC and PAL?  Is this a reasonable thought?  The UAV is not an NTSC
> converter, and even the inventor was surprised this worked.
>
> Those interested can read about the adventure here:
> https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2018-03-06-
> Converting%20-NTSC-Atari-800-for-PAL-using-UAV.htm
>
> Terry (Tez)
>