Mark shubin wrote: > Remember: this was the ANALOG era. A sync generator could occupy the > better part of a room. > > PAL mixers and then transcoding was MUCH easier! > PAL mixers would indeed have been easier than component. As an intermediate solution, you had SECAM mixers (here Thomson TTV 5000): http://images.imagehotel.net/?hll7s4o2io.jpg (thanks to "video-33" for providing the link on a forum) The dimensions are 430 x 399 x 177 mm. The text mentions the presence of a handle to carry it easily. So this item at least did not occupy the better part of a room. But i don't know when it was available for the first time (one can see it already contains integrated circuits). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.