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Propeller 2 - PAL Video Compatibility?

Mike_GTNMike_GTN Posts: 106
edited 2011-04-15 17:41 in Propeller 1
Hi All,

I Realise is very early (or not) to be asking if the next generation chip will be more PAL standards compatible. Is not realistic to expect the end user of a proposed commercial product to be able to furnish a display monitor that can handle NTSC and psuedo PAL standards to be able to use something.

I know have "hackled furs" here before by asking such questions, the world of video standards is certainly a very global place and a world does exist beyond NTSC alone.

Regards

Mike.

Comments

  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-04-15 13:20
    NTSC and PAL are on the way out. Is there much point in that?
  • David BetzDavid Betz Posts: 14,516
    edited 2011-04-15 13:22
    Leon wrote: »
    NTSC and PAL are on the way out. Is there much point in that?
    So I guess you're saying that Propeller 2 will probably support only HDMI video output or maybe DisplayPort? :-)
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-04-15 13:31
    It'll probably make sense, by the time it comes out.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-04-15 13:32
    Leon wrote:
    NTSC and PAL are on the way out.
    I would not dismiss them so quickly. There's still a huge security/CCTV industry that relies on these standards and is likely to for the foreseeable future. That said, however, the supply of cheap, consumer grade analog TVs/monitors could well dry up, leaving little choice but to purchase pricier commercial equipment.

    -Phil
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-04-15 13:56
    The security industry is going digital.
  • ColeyColey Posts: 1,112
    edited 2011-04-15 14:26
    @Leon,

    The security industry has been 'going digital' for the last 6 or 7 years.

    In CCTV the split between analogue and digital (IP) video is roughly 80:20 in favour of analogue.

    (I got this info at a meeting with the MD of the UK's largest CCTV distributor just last week)

    Admittedly it is changing and digital is growing more and more but analogue will be around for a long time yet........

    My own company is almost entirely digital on CCTV installations, we seem to be bucking the trend....:smile:

    I guess to answer Mike's original question, I would say yes it will support PAL better than Prop 1 but like the Prop 1 it will depend on the drivers.
    I'm sure some bright spark will write a driver to take advantage of the greater processing power and get closer to the PAL standard that you crave.

    Regards,

    Coley
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2011-04-15 17:41
    I don't expect composite video (NTSC & PAL) to go away anytime soon. Digital TVs here in Oz still have lots of composite video inputs and can do both NTSC & PAL. There is a raft of car video monitors coming out cheap with composite video in.
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