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- From: bengt@fires1.uucp (Bengt A. Palsson)
- Subject: Re: BBC 9 O'Clock News
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- References: <9211201258.AA01995@lopez.marquette.MI.US>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:06:18 GMT
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- In article <9211201258.AA01995@lopez.marquette.MI.US> Flash Hoser <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US> writes:
- >>The last 2 night on G2/T23 at 6PM I have been getting the BBC 9 O'Clock
- >>news. The sound is fine but the picture flips like the vertical hold
- >>is off. What am I picking up and is there a method to correct the
- >>picture. BTW the piicture is also in black and white.
- >
- >
- >
- >This is a PAL signal using the standard European system of 50 frames, 625
- >lines. The only PROPER way to decode it in color is to use a MULTISYSTEM
- >monitor, which is a handy tool for any birdwatcher (I got mine)....
- >
- >If you don't mind black and white, you can take a cheap B&W TV set, one with
- >adjustable Vertical, and set it so the picture stops flipping, then adjust
- >the height control to squash in the remaining 100 lines of video, and presto,
- >cheap PAL B&W monitor. This method works fine, but of course if you want
- >COLOR, you need the multi standard monitor (or multistandard VCR)
- >
- >--
- > / Gary Bourgois, WB8EOH, The Birdwatcher: Marquette Michigan USA \
- > ([-o ~ Tune FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE! S3/21 6.2. Fridays from 9-midnight ~ o-])
- > \ Now a snazzy new DOMAIN address! flash@lopez.marquette.MI.US /
- > GEnie: SIGNALS FAX: (906) 228-7477 GWN BBS: (906) 228-4399
-
-
- What about the IRD ? Doesn't it also have to be able to handle a PAL signal ?
- I assume that if you buy an IRD in the US it is NTSC only. I have not seen any
- multisystem IRDs here in the US.
-
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