UK PAL ==> US NTSC video convertor box?

[Chuck Guzis]

On 30 Nov 2006 at 22:14, Jules Richardson wrote:

> I wonder what the quality's like? Going PAL -> recoder -> NTSC obviously won't 
> be as good as native NTSC device output. Or, to put it another way, is the 
> average PCI TV tuner card as good quality as the tuner found in a good TV set? 

...a silly question occurred to me.  Why bother with remodulating?  
Why not just drive an RGB monitor with the demodulated output?  I use 
such an arrangement to view PAL-recoded VHS tapes and resulting color 
is much better than local NTSC broadcast quality.

Cheers,
Chuck