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  1. 06-03-2013 08:16 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abriael View Post
    Australia is considered Europe for some weird corporate reasons.
    Back in the early days when everyone played on CRT TVs, Australian sets ran 60Hz much like Europe. The US and Japan ran 50Hz. Zoning was established for physical manufacturing reasons and the rest is history.
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  2. 06-03-2013 10:14 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catapult View Post
    Back in the early days when everyone played on CRT TVs, Australian sets ran 60Hz much like Europe. The US and Japan ran 50Hz. Zoning was established for physical manufacturing reasons and the rest is history.
    Backwards, but yeah, sounds logical. (Europe, Australia = 50 Hz PAL or SECAM. US, Japan = 60 Hz NTSC.)
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  3. 06-04-2013 06:13 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by ArkhamNative View Post
    Backwards, but yeah, sounds logical. (Europe, Australia = 50 Hz PAL or SECAM. US, Japan = 60 Hz NTSC.)
    Ah, yeah, whoops. I did get that backwards, didn't I?
    Just goes to show how irrelevant the distinction is these days.
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