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<<<<Lancer,
Just to keep the record straight I think it is worth mentioning that SECAM
is most definitely NOT PAL. The two systems code their colour signals in
very different ways.
Julian>>>>
Bristol, England (PAL Land)
----Ahhh yes I think we went through this before.
Perry Mitchell (also from UK) explained very eloquently that SECAM
was now just a "broadcasting" signal format and that the last "true"
SECAM VTR was probably back in the early days when AMPEX
2-inch Quad was the reigning format.
I suppose that this might also include Bosch 1-inch Type "B"
as well even though that machine was mostly used for PAL.
Time for a "refreshing" TV humor break...this is an oldie but a goodie:
ANOTHER EXPLANATION OF TELEVISON STANDARDS ACRONYMS:
NTSC:
N-ever T-wice the S-ame C-olor
PAL:
P-ay A L-ot
PAL-M:
P-ay A L-ot M-ore
SECAM:
S-system E-ssentially C-ontrary to anything AM-erican
And of course, as we all figured out already, the need for an incompatible
system in Europe has always been a political one more than anything else.
After all, PAL is a perfectly fine system and I never did quite grasp what
advantage
SECAM had over PAL.
PHASE ALTERNATE :LINE
SEQUENTIAL COLEUR AVEC MEMOIRE
One system stores the color info on every alternate line,
the other stores the color info "in sequence" via some sort of "memory".
Naturally we in the States were stuck with the oldest system.
I remember when France switched over from their 817 line monochrome standard
to SECAM. As it was told to me by someone who lived there, the news was
announced
one fine sunny day that the television system would be changed and that all
the current
sets would no longer work, and that French citizens had something on the
order of about
two months to make the switch or be left in the dark.
Somehow I dont believe that would have gone over well here.
I figure Americans would have rioted in the streets to keep their ancient
sets.
It's amazing to see what can be done with what is essentially 1930's
technology.
I think I even heard that first said in this forum or another one like it.
1930's technology...it fits....and what have we learned since then?
Well....we've learned that it's possible to develop an entirely new and
improved
High Definition television system, and then subject it to the same political
hacks
who mucked up all the old ones in the first place.
And we've learned that everyone will accept the fact that there are now
EIGHTEEN competing Hi-Def systems instead of the former two or three SD
ones.
I sometimes wonder if we would have benefitted somehow by doing as the
French,
a complete and utter trashing and refitting of the system almost overnight.
Had we that sort of "gumption" or balls, we could have made the leap to
some form of analog HDTV or EDTV a long time ago and the only hiccup would
have
been the switch to digital transmission and reception.
Of course I dont claim to have everything right.....I would love to hear the
thoughts of
the other members, most of whom are much more knowledgeable than I.
I definitely want to find out if my memory of "the French Revolution" was
accurate.
I was told about it when I was very young and just learning about different
TV systems.
Does anyone remember seeing that old 817 line French system?
It might have been black and white but 817 lines is almost HDTV anyway!
Cheers,
JeffH
Ch.S.
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