> 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> Russia and Ex-USSR countries also use SECAM, which is actually a variant of PAL. Tom