Re: C65 on Ebay

On 05/11/2017 21:35, Gerrit Heitsch wrote:
>
> Wasn't there the problem with SECAM encoding the color in the 
> frequency while PAL does it in the phase? The latter is way easier to 
> implement on a chip, at least in the time before you could put a PLL 
> there.

SECAM uses frequency modulation and outputs either R-Y or B-Y on 
alternate lines, so the colour resolution is less and you need to buffer 
it. It is after all "Sequential colour with memory"

It's great for adding colour to black and white broadcast as it's 
resilient and you get no dot crawl.

For locally generated content it's a pain, which RGB SCART solved. Which 
is you live in europe is something you should be thankful to SECAM for.


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