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Originally Posted by Ryan_1993
I had heard about the implementation of PAL on early Sonys before something to do with not wanting to pay the PAL Licencing to Telefunken or something.
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That is correct and Sony overcame the problem by using a decoder that worked on the 'Simple PAL' principal. It was basically a modified NTSC (American) decoder that didn't use normal PAL switching. It worked OK for normal TV and probably for VCR's but was a bit temperamental with anything else.