What is a PAL TV Tuner? What is it for? What does it do? My television
states that it has an optional PAL TV tuner available. I really don't
know what they mean.
Thanks for your help!
Long(ish) form:
PAL is the system of TV signals used in many parts of Europe and South
America. Here in the states, we use NTSC. A third (there are others, but
I can't think of them right now) is SECAM, used mainly in France. None
of them "play well with others". And each one, of course, uses its own
tuner, since it expects the signal to be laid out differently and/or to
be on different frequencies than those used by the other types.
Short form: If you're not using the TV in Europe, South America, or one
of the other places that transmit PAL video, a PAL tuner is nothing but
a pile of high-tech junk to you.
Hit Google for plenty of info on pretty much any of the various TV
transmission schemes/signal formats/frequency layouts that are in use
around the world.