You're better off going with PAL for compatibility reasons.
If you want to record the PAL video signal, you could just use a USB capture device set to PAL mode. I've yet to find one that doesn't support it.
The only caveat I would add about using PAL is that the 50Hz refresh rate can be very hard on the eyes if your monitor wasn't designed for it. My NTSC 1084S displays the PAL signal just fine, but I don't think its phosphors are well suited to the lower refresh rate.
