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Re: AppleColor RGB and VCR?
In article <1e9g7b4.1c72gw61q7vvqgN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>Paul Schlyter <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote:
>
>> In article <956218548.85071@inv.ihug.co.nz>,
>> Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <8dlfui$19b$1@merope.saaf.se>, pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul
>>> Schlyter) wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <956138319.317663@inv.ihug.co.nz>,
>>>> Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> SCART is a standard for interconnecting video devices, . It's been around
>>>>> for a while (20 years?) but it's not very common.
>>>>
>>>> WHAT? Virtually every TV and VCR sold today have SCART connectors....
>>>
>>> Depends where you live. I know it's common in Europe (possibly because it
>>> was originally a European standard), but in New Zealand most TVs and videos
>>> still don't have it, which is definitely a shame.
>>
>> Well you can always import your TV sets from Europe. You do use PAL,
>> 625 lines 50 frames/sec, don't you?
>
> Ah, but which version of PAL? There are at least three standards for
> the broadcast format,
There are no less than 8 different varieties of PAL. Apart from PAL-M
(525-line PAL) the differences aren't that big though -- at worst, you'll
lose the sound if there's a PAL version mismatch.
> which vary in the frequency offset from the video
> to the audio carrier. I know that NZ and the UK are different. (I
> think the UK uses PAL I, while NZ uses PAL B/G.)
> A UK TV will work fine with a NZ VCR as long as you use A/V connectors,
> but it won't be able to get both picture and sound via the RF connector
> (or use its internal tuner).
Here you'll find more info about this than you probably want to know:
http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/tv/tv.html
Below I quote some relevant paragraphs. If you obtain your TV set
not from the UK but from Germany, Spain or Scandinavia, you should
do fine.
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TV broadcast system parameters () = obsolete systems
Sys- Lines Frames Lines Ch bw Vid bw Vid-Aud Vestig Video Color Sound Power
tem /s /s MHz MHz sep, MHz sb MHz mod MHz mod vid/aud
(A) 405 25 10125 5 3 -3.5 0.75 Pos - AM
B 625 25 15625 7 5 +5.5 0.75 Neg 4.43 FM
(C) 625 25 15625 7 5 +5.5 0.75 Pos AM
D 625 25 15625 8 6 +6.5 0.75 Neg 4.43 FM
(E) 819 25 20475 14 10 +-11.15 2 Pos 8.37 AM
(F) 819 25 20475 7 5 +5.5 0.75 Pos AM
G 625 25 15625 8 5 +5.5 0.75 Neg 4.43 FM 5:1
H 625 25 15625 8 5 +5.5 1.25 Neg 4.43 FM 5:1
I 625 25 15625 8 5.5 +5.996 1.25 Neg 4.43 FM 5:1
K 625 25 15625 8 6 +6.5 0.75 Neg 4.43 FM 5:1
(K') 625 25 15625 8 6 +6.5 1.25 Neg 4.43 FM 5:1
L 625 25 15625 8 6 +6.5 1.25 Pos 4.43 AM 8:1
M 525 30 15750 6 4.2 +4.5 0.75 Neg 3.57 FM
N 625 25 15625 6 4.2 +4.5 0.75 Neg 3.57? FM
===============================================================================
TV broadcast standards, country by country
Europe:
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PAL-B & G: Albania, Austria, Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany,
Gibraltar, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
PAL-B & H: Belgium, former Yugoslavia
PAL-B: Azores, Denmark, Malta
PAL-I: Ireland, United Kingdom
PAL-L & G: Monaco
PAL-D & K: Roumaina
SECAM-L: France
PAL/SECAM B, G & L: Luxembourgh
SECAM-B & G: Greece
SECAM-D & K: Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,
former USSR
Africa:
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PAL-B: Algeria, Cameroon, Ehtiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya,
Madeira, Mozambique, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
PAL-B & G: Canary Islands, Nigeria, Swaziland
PAL-I: Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa
PAL-K: Guinea
SECAM-B: Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco
SECAM-B & G: Tunisia
SECAM-D: Chad, Congo
SECAM-K: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon,
Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, Togo, Zaire
SECAM-V: Djibouti
Asia:
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PAL-B: Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Qatar,
Turkey
PAL-B & G: Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates
PAL-B & PAL-M: Thailand
PAL-D: China
PAL-D & K: North Korea
PAL-I: Hong Kong, Macau
PAL-M: Laos
PAL & SECAM-B: Afghanistan
PAL & NTSC-B: Yemen
SECAM & PAL-B & G: Saudi Arabia
SECAM-B & PAL-G: Syrian Arab Rep.
SECAM-B: Iran, Iraq
SECAM-B & G: Cyprus, Lebanon
SECAM-D: Mongolia
SECAM-M: Cambodia
NTSC-M: Diego Garcia, Japan, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea,
Taiwan
NTSC-M & SECAM-M: Vietnam
Australia/Pacific:
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PAL-B: Australia, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Norfolk Island
PAL-B & G: Papua New Guinea
NTSC-M: Fiji, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Micronesia,
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Samoa
SECAM-K: New Caledonia, Polynesia, Whallis Island
America:
--------
NTSC-M: Alaska, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barabuda, Barbados,
Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominica, El Salvador, Equador, Grenada, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat,
Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico,
St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Surinam, Tobago,
Trinidad, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands
NTSC-M & N: Bolivia
PAL-B: Greenland
PAL-I: Falkland Islands
PAL-M: Brazil
PAL-N: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
SECAM-K: Guadelope, French Guiana, Martinique, St Pierre et Miquelon
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