Would NTSC CCTV Cameras Work If I Connected Them To My Desktop Using a DVR Card?
This depends somewhat on the DVR card which has to be able to handle the NTSC video signal in order to capture it and send it to the recording software. I would say most CCTV DVR cards do support both video formats, but I’m not an expert in this area. Here are some cards which support both formats (at least the ones I checked): http://www.cctv-camera.cc/product/dvr_ca… The advantage of NTSC is you will get a higher frame-rate relative to PAL video. For a security system installation, this can be crucial because sometimes you just need that one extra frame to identify someone for example. So essentially you’re putting more eggs in your basket for a better chance of getting the perfect shot of the suspect. The advantage of PAL is you will get a somewhat higher resolution (576 vertical lines compared to 480). This can be better at resolving detail that NTSC cannot, but you have less eggs in your basket so there a
