Standards conversion used to be thought of as little more than the job ofconverting between NTSC and PAL for the purpose of international programexchange. The application has recently become considerably broader and one of thepurposes of this guide is to explore the areas in which standards conversiontechnology is now applied. A modern standards converter is a complex device witha set of specialist terminology to match. This guide explains the operation ofconverters in plain English and defines any terms used..