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NTSC vs PAL Borders on Vice for Vic-20 [message #386205] Wed, 21 August 2019 03:55 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: Lawrence Woodman

Hello,

I've been switching back and forth between NTSC and PAL video modes when
emulating a Vic-20 under Vice and was wondering why the borders are so
much bigger when using PAL. I would expect there to be a small
difference in the vertical display, but was wondering why there is such
a big difference in both.

How representative is this of what would be seen on a real television
set for NTSC vs PAL displays?

Best wishes


Lorry

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Re: NTSC vs PAL Borders on Vice for Vic-20 [message #386212 is a reply to message #386205] Wed, 21 August 2019 15:57 Go to previous message
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On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 07:55:33 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence Woodman wrote:
>
> I've been switching back and forth between NTSC and PAL video modes when
> emulating a Vic-20 under Vice and was wondering why the borders are so
> much bigger when using PAL. I would expect there to be a small
> difference in the vertical display, but was wondering why there is such
> a big difference in both.

It's 525 versus 576 lines. That's roughly 10% difference. But I can
confirm it looks like way more than 10% between the two modes. It might
have to do with the aspect ratio but I'm just guessing.
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