Re: PAL SIGNAL

Paul Carpenter scrobe on the papyrus:

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For many years in France it was easier to set up small video studios
in PAL-M and transcode to SECAM for final recording/transmission.
This was before everybody changed to component then digital and of
course multi-standard encoders/decoder chips.

Probably not PAL-M as that's 525. I was in the Thomson CSF studio in
Rennes in the late 70's and it was PAL throughout with only a SECAM
encoder on the studio output. The French control rooms had a style that
even the Beeb couldn't match, so much space and the wonderful smell of
coffee and croissants everywhere!!

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John B
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