# Australia's black level

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australias-black-level/154617>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 12, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australias-black-level/154617 "2003-02-12T18:50:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![satanslawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@satanslawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satanslawyer)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australias-black-level/154617/1 "2003-02-12T18:50:59Z")

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Hopefull the SDMB can settle a debate here at work.

We know that video in Australia is PAL not NTSC. But what is their black level at? Some of us say 0 IRE and others say that it’s 7 IRE, and that Japan is the only country that uses 0 IRE black level.