Expert: Octane - 9/20/2006

Question
hello-i would like to know what the 60hz and 50 hz options on some games on the ps2 mean-I tried them and it looks like the 60 hz push the framerate to 60 frames a second?But what would this do to the resolution of games? thank you
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Hallo-I would like to know how to record gameplay on a pal tv-like recording a ordinary programme on t.v but -recording the game i would play-.thank you

Answer -
Gday,

It is fairly simple.  You have to hook you Game unit thru some sort of recording device.  (DVR, VHs, DVD)  Usually thru the AV ports or sometime thre the Antenna/Cable cord.  So it has to hook up thru say you VCR before hooking to the TV.  You Game unit has to be hooked brfore the recording unit which in turn will be hooked to the TV.  The signal from you gaming unit would act like normal TV signal.  

Then it is a simple fact of turning on the game.  Once you see it on screen you should be able to hit record and that is it.

Hope this Helps.  (Sorry for the delay)

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Gday again (Sorry this question ended up in my trash can I did not spot it sooner)

Okay The fact you are able to view a 50MHz PAL and 60 Mhz NTSC signal on you TV means you have some sort of multisinc TV. Playing a PAL game in NTSC Mode would in effect speed it up some.  (Although making games like DDR unplayabe due to timing)  The reverse would be if playing an NTSC game in PAL mode.

The main difference between the 2 is the Pal puts 625 lines per frame where as NTSC upts out 525 (More like 484) so the Pal has the better Piture.  Up to 20% increase in resolution in the favor of PAL.  PAL has a better color NTSC signal tend to degregrade.  But the the NTSC interlaces the odds and even scan lines it produces a far crisper picture with no flickering which the PAL picture has some (But barely noticable on modern TV's)  PAL actually draws the second line of a frame first while NTSC draws the first.

I hope that all helped.