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In article <3qstvv$sd0@cluon.cluon.com> scotts@cluon.com (Scott Statton N1GAK) writes:
>In article <3qqjku$1qf@nic-nac.csu.net>,
>Sarah Wanamaker  <Sarah.Wanamaker@sonoma.edu> wrote:
>>James Poole <James@upstates.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>2)	Does anyone know where to buy a mulitisystem TV ?
>>
>>	I am assuming that you are talking about a TV to display both PAL and 
>>NTSC system pictures.  No single TV will do that, however, you can buy 
>>VCRs that are capable of playing and recording tapes in both PAL and 
>>NTSC formats.  They can be expensive, though, around $1200.  Otherwise, 
>>
>>Sarah
>>
>
>Wrong, Sarah.  I have a multi-system TV on my desk.  Does PAL/SECAM/NTSC
>and some non-standard-standards (like PAL with a 3.58 MHz subcarrier,
>or NTSC with a 4.43 MHz subcarrier).  The one I have was made by

Dear friends.... please indulge me so I can appreciate the major ebb
and flow of this controversy.  What is PAL?  What is NTSC?  What is
SECAM?  Are any of these the same as Japanese HiVision?  When I stop
in at Rob's Sports Bar down the street for a beer and I see there 
those girls and boys down in LA playing volleyball on ESPN, then
what am I watching?  PAL?  NTSC? what?
 
Thanks.


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