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From: boechat@mcnc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.analog,net.misc,net.tv
Subject: Re: TV & VCR standards
Message-ID: <1116@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 10:21:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 27 10:21:12 1986
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Reply-To: boechat@mcnc.UUCP (Jean-Marc Boechat)
Organization: Microelectronics Center of NC; RTP, NC
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In article <399@aoa.UUCP> rich@aoa.UUCP (Rich Snow) writes:
>In article <2875@randvax.UUCP> jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) writes:
>>In article <395@packard.UUCP> aat@packard.UUCP (AA Triolo) writes:
>>>I too have a problem with US/European standards.
>>>My question is: first, is all of Europe on the same standard?
>
>No there are several standards, and several incompatable national versions
>of those, the rumor is that the Swiss have multistandard TV's so they can
>watch programs in German and French on the same set. 

It's not a rumor, it's true that you can buy in Switzerland TV sets that
would work for PAL(german standard) and SECAM (french standard). I think
it's due to our special situation in the middle of Europe.

J.-M. Boechat

One from the fifth Switzerland!

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