->  Americans happy because they won't have to buy 2 TV sets.

->  (Neither the French SECAM system nor the German PAL system
->  were compatible - both had greater bandwidth and many more
->  scanning lines.  The Commie blok nations went with SECAM,
->  Free Europe selected PAL.)

Interestingly in Europe inm the early days of color they had Dual
Standard Sets. We have on ew on the Simon Lake when I was in Scotland. 
And also the PAL system was FAR superior to Never the Same Color Twice
in Color Rendition. 
Although in hte Devence of NTSC over i nJapan tyhat adapted the RCA
system their Color is about equal to PAL. But then their Stations
Engineers are Not "Don't Give a Damn UNION Goons". 
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