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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 847256" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>Had quite an interesting read on World TV Standards page <a href="http://[URL="http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/World-TV-Standards/Colour-Standards.html"" target="_blank">http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/World-TV-Standards/Colour-Standards.html</a>]here[/url]. As a satellite TV enthusiast born in Soviet Russia and living in the UK, I have seen all standards with exception of NTSC.</p><p> </p><p>In Russia, we (still) use SECAM D/K system, though most TVs are now multi-standard. Back in the 80's when we started getting an influx of imported VCRs outputting a PAL signal, most of the videos watched were in black and white displayed on a colour TV. This is, of course, because all TVs were SECAM. However, very quickly most TVs could be adapted to be multi-stand by fitting PAL boards. It was all very exciting!</p><p> </p><p>Having moved to the UK in 1993, I was introduced to the world of satellite where I found a similar issue on French broadcasts but the other way around! SECAM transmissions being displayed in black and white on UK PAL TVs. There were SECAM to PAL converters available but I never watched enough French TV to justify the cost. The last French analogue transmission ceased last year and, to my surprise, my 2008 Panasonic plasma TV also displayed them in black and white - no SECAM decoder in that one then!</p><p> </p><p>Saw plenty of MAC transmissions as well. There was the usual D-MAC from NRK in Norway and D2-MAC from, again, the French and the Scandinavians as well as a very rare B-MAC. I can't remember where the transmission came from but I seem to recall it might have been SIS horse racing from 27.5W. My D/D2MAC decoder did not decode that - it seemed to be rather different and had some diamond shaped "sync pulses" (for want of a better technical explanation!). I still have the same decoder in the loft - only there's nothing left to decode. Shame... </p><p> </p><p>It would be interesting to see what happened to all those old MAC and video encoders, such as VideoCrypt, EuroCrypt and Syster/Nagravision, that broadcasters disposed of...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 847256, member: 243342"] Had quite an interesting read on World TV Standards page [url='[URL="http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/World-TV-Standards/Colour-Standards.html"']http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/World-TV-Standards/Colour-Standards.html[/URL]]here[/url]. As a satellite TV enthusiast born in Soviet Russia and living in the UK, I have seen all standards with exception of NTSC. In Russia, we (still) use SECAM D/K system, though most TVs are now multi-standard. Back in the 80's when we started getting an influx of imported VCRs outputting a PAL signal, most of the videos watched were in black and white displayed on a colour TV. This is, of course, because all TVs were SECAM. However, very quickly most TVs could be adapted to be multi-stand by fitting PAL boards. It was all very exciting! Having moved to the UK in 1993, I was introduced to the world of satellite where I found a similar issue on French broadcasts but the other way around! SECAM transmissions being displayed in black and white on UK PAL TVs. There were SECAM to PAL converters available but I never watched enough French TV to justify the cost. The last French analogue transmission ceased last year and, to my surprise, my 2008 Panasonic plasma TV also displayed them in black and white - no SECAM decoder in that one then! Saw plenty of MAC transmissions as well. There was the usual D-MAC from NRK in Norway and D2-MAC from, again, the French and the Scandinavians as well as a very rare B-MAC. I can't remember where the transmission came from but I seem to recall it might have been SIS horse racing from 27.5W. My D/D2MAC decoder did not decode that - it seemed to be rather different and had some diamond shaped "sync pulses" (for want of a better technical explanation!). I still have the same decoder in the loft - only there's nothing left to decode. Shame... It would be interesting to see what happened to all those old MAC and video encoders, such as VideoCrypt, EuroCrypt and Syster/Nagravision, that broadcasters disposed of... [/QUOTE]
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