PAL system

television
Also known as: phase alternation line system

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European colour system

  • colour television picture tube
    In television: PAL

    PAL (phase alternation line) resembles NTSC in that the chrominance signal is simultaneously modulated in amplitude to carry the saturation (pastel-versus-vivid) aspect of the colours and modulated in phase to carry the hue aspect. In the PAL system, however, the phase information is reversed…

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