Comments on: Haeju receives South Korean broadcasts

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:52:22 +0000

[...] value. They are hard to hide, difficult to transport, they break down, and require electricity. As for televisions, South Korean TVs operate on NTSC (like the US) and North Korea uses PAL. Why not stick [...]

By: Stephanie Weil

Stephanie Weil — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:12:48 +0000

Multi-system (PAL/NTSC) TV sets in South Korea and China are relatively cheap and easy to get. Especially if you’re talking tiny portables (which is probably what people in the DPRK buy, so they can hide them easily).

By: N. Mercury

N. Mercury — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:03:57 +0000

My thoughts exactly…regarding how it would be possible at all for North Korean to watch NTSC signals from South Korea on their PAL only TV sets. Something doesn’t make sense about this story…

By: Leonid Petrov

Leonid Petrov — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:46:03 +0000

How do N.Koreans manage to receive video signals from S.Korea if the TV systems in their respective countries are different? It’s NTSC in SKorea, and PAL in NKorea. You’ll need a very expensive multi-system TV set which would not be tolerated by the NKorean authorities. Alternatively, S.Koreans must start broadcasting some of their programs in PAL (which has never happened before), specifically targeting the N.Korean audience. It would be helpful to hear a technical expert’s opinion.
LP