How do you change TV from PAL50 to PAL60?

Answer 1

PAL 60 is an unusual format that is rarely seen now. Before answering the question, here are some facts about color encoding and frame rates:

PAL is the color encoding standard used throughout most of Europe and other parts of the world


NTSC is the color encoding standard used in North America, Japan and other parts of the world.


Countries that use PAL use a television field rate of 50Hz while NTSC countries use 60Hz.


Therefore, PAL signals are almost always 50Hz but it is quite possible to encode 60Hz signals using PAL. In fact, it is a relatively simple process to take a 60Hz NTSC signal and transcode it to a PAL signal, still at 60Hz. This is far easier to do than to convert the 60Hz signal into a 50Hz one. Some older VHS players and a few DVD players are capable of playing NTSC content and converting it to PAL 60. Many televisions of the same era would accept 60Hz signals although they did not have NTSC color decoders. PAL 60 was the ideal signal format to use with this combination of player and television.


In recent times, most televisions can handle PAL and NTSC at the normal frame rates. PAL 60 (and similarly, NTSC 50) are not used so much. Technically, most televisions are perfectly able to handle these somewhat odd signals but each manufacturer designs the decoding stages in different ways. To make it even harder, it is almost impossible to find out from a retailer or manufacturer whether a particular model will handle PAL 60. The best way to find out is to simply try it.