I have heard through the years, that PAL- M is to Brazil as Secam is to = France. Both were political establishments=20 set in place to protect the equipment manufacturers of their respective = countries.=20 =20 In Brazil, I think I remember that any PAL-M equipment manufactured = outside and then sold into Brazil is subject to huge tarrifs which must = be paid by the exporting manufacturer.=20 ________________________________ From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of John Willkie Sent: Mon 7/25/2005 1:33 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Due Date for Responses to the ,DTV-to-NTSC = Converter Box RFQ Extended to July 29 thanks Mark and John. To the extent I've ever needed to understand = this, it was in the context of playback via multiformat vcrs They obviously had = to do some wiggling to get PAL-M into NTSC. John Willkie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:04 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Due Date for Responses to the ,DTV-to-NTSC = Converter Box RFQ Extended to July 29 > Not exactly. > > NTSC-M: 3.579545 MHz > PAL-M: 3.5761149 MHz > PAL-N: 3.58205625 MHz > > FYI, the NTSC-N that used to be broadcast in Barbados was 3.585937. > > Also FYI, the 1964 SECAM western-hemisphere proposals were as follows: > M - unmodulated red: 3.493007, unmodulated blue: 3.382867 > N - unmodulated red: 3.5, unmodulated blue: 3.390625 > > TTFN, > Mark > > > John Willkie wrote: > > >I stand corrected. Does PAL M use the same color subcarrier = frequency as > >NTSC? > > > >John Willkie > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:44 AM > >Subject: [opendtv] Re: Due Date for Responses to the ,DTV-to-NTSC Converter > >Box RFQ Extended to July 29 > > > > > > > > > >>>Do you think that Brazillian broadcasters will not defend > >>>the NTSC-M franchise? > >>> > >>>Note the NTSC-M: Brazil has a history of going it's own way. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>NTSC-M is what is broadcast in the U.S. In Brazil, PAL-M is = broadcast. > >> > >>TTFN, > >>Mark > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > = >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >> > >>- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings = at > >> > >> > >FreeLists.org > > > > > >>- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the = word > >> > >> > >unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > > = >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > > >- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings = at FreeLists.org > > > >- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the = word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at = FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word = unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.