Reply to post: Re: USA and Teletext

Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times

RAMChYLD

Re: USA and Teletext

Not really. Their system had 525 lines, but only around 480 were used - the rest were overscan. Just like how PAL has 625 lines, but only 576 were actually used. In fact, their system would be faster because the signal refreshed at 29.975 frames per second, as compared to 25 frames of the PAL system.

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