You´re pretty much right on most of it, Richard. About pal-m however,
it´s not compatible with european Pal because pal-m was developed here
by the military as a way of protecting the brazilian tv industry (or
so they thought, i´m simplifying the story a lot here). It´s actually
a modification of p
Its probably a political/isolationist thing. They
just don't want you getting corrupted by seeing rude and weird Zappa
stuff...LOL.
I'm a bit geographically/world politics dumb, so
apologies about my next question. Is the government there still of a military
origin? That would explain a lo