So, I live in a reagin that used the PAL standard, and I'm old enough to remember what VHS actually looked like...I also still have a working VCR so I can tell you that PAL VHS was not that muted.,(reply>), @Perc1000 True, but I think the difference in color is a lot more noticeable. A few years back I was transferring my old family videos from VHS to DVD and I was surprised by how good the picture was. Because of filters like this.,(reply>), Pal vhs has a diff resolution than ntsc