I think you have active lines mixed up with total lines, of course it does improve your argument. NTSC has 486 active lines out of 525 per frame. PAL has 576 active out of 625 lines - PAL does have more vertical (and horizontal) resolution. Flicker can be a problem since you get 25 frames/s versus 30 for NTSC (approx.).
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I think you have active lines mixed up with total lines, of course it does improve your argument. NTSC has 486 active lines out of 525 per frame. PAL has 576 active out of 625 lines - PAL does have more vertical (and horizontal) resolution. Flicker can be a problem since you get 25 frames/s versus 30 for NTSC (approx.).