RE: [CH] Why different formats?
Dave Drum (xrated@ameritech.net)
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:47:33 -0600
At 02:03 PM 3/26/2003 -0600, PBurke@mpi.mb.ca wrote:
><delurk>
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>if I remember correctly....this has nothing to do with VCR's at
>all...this is because of the formats established with televisions long
>before there was such a thing as vcr's - beta, vhs or otherwise. Also I
>believe there are 3 formats available...Pal, NTSC and SECAM....the
>formats were created first with televisions and then they had to be
>adapted by the tape format manufactures....
I forgot about SECAM... France's monument to Gallic intransigence and not
being able to play and interact well with others. French Tee Vees and video
devices use SECAM. North America and Japan use NTSC. The rest of the world
uses PAL. So we're all out of step except Jaques Chirac's bunch. <GGG>
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