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As somebody that grew up in Canada (NTSC), I noticed the 50Hz flicker on visits to Europe whenever the screen was white, but eventually my brain would filter it out and it didn't bother me. I wonder if I'd notice it on a modern NTSC screen. It's been a long time since I saw one...

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Later many or even most PAL TVs were actually 100 Hz (advertised as "100 Hz flicker-free"), but I don't remember seeing the difference. They weren't optimal for games because they used a digital cache to double the input frame rate. Native Hz CRTs could be completely analog with extremely low input latency.

Probably depended. Most TVs I saw were in public places (eg bars) or hotels, which probably didn't have the most modern, high-end TVs around.

What I did notice is that colours, even on cheap TVs, always looked relatively good on PAL. Its colour system was unequivocally better.

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