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Originally Posted by NewVista
US in 1940s should have taken the advice of some (Philco) and gone with higher res (700, 800 lines) but still, 525/60 NTSC would have been a good evolution from 405/50 for England in the late 50's as well as an original system for Aust/NZ (completing NTSC for the Pacific Rim). Would have made program distribution distribution a lot easier.
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Keep in mind England was considering 405/50 NTSC not changing to 525/60. It's nearly impossible to run the frame rate of the television at a different frequency from the AC power. (at least for crt based sets) This is why all 50Hz power countries use a 50Hz field rate, and 60Hz countries use 60Hz.