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Old 19th Jan 2019, 12:26 pm   #8
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Default Re: BBC Micro RGB - SCART INPUT VIA VCR

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Originally Posted by Ryan_1993 View Post
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.
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.
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