[GreenKeys] Slightly OT: Colour TV

[Dave Horsfall]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017, Richard Knoppow wrote:

> The FCC and industry group, the NTSC, probably did a good job in 
> choosing the combination of systems they did. It allowed a lot of 
> improvement over several decades.  The CBS sequential system would have 
> been dead in the water pretty quickly and RCA's original system left a 
> lot to be desired.  Like TV altogether, I think color came before the 
> technology was really advanced enough but those holding patents did not 
> want to see them expire before earning some profit from them.

Well, someone has to say it, so it may as well be me:

NTSC: Never Twice the Same Colour.

SECAM: Something Essentially Contrary to the AMericans, or System 
Engineered by a Committee of AMphibians.

PAL: Peace At Last.

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."