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Old 7th Jan 2009, 2:08 pm   #3
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Default Re: 625-Line Television Broadcast Standards

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Originally Posted by Synchrodyne View Post

Belgium choose to do differently in 1953, with its own variants of the 625 and 819 line systems,
That's probably why Philips developed the KM2 multistandard colour chassis in the early 70s,

This set is able to display every possible version of of PAL and SECAM in both 625 and 819 lines, they were quite popular here in Italy in the mid 70s when politicians were fighting over PAL or 625 line SECAM as the official standard for colour broadcasts

I have two of them, it's a real monster, it uses an A66-410X delta gun CRT, the electronics are extremely complex and overcrowded, there are TWO convergence panels, miles of wiring and literally dozens of relays all over the place, but despite its complex nature, it was a reliable set.
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