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Originally Posted by bgadow
Were these sets sold only in East Germany? I would think this would be a set owned only by the most priviliged; great to see this survivor. I don't know much of the history of that era in Germany, so I will ask...was trade across the east/west border very common? Did many folks tune in the SECAM broadcasts in W.Germany?
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These sets were only sold in East Germany. They were for the public. A trade across the east/west border for private persons was not possible until the German reunification.
Only a few people in West Germany and in Berlin watched East German color tv. They have insert a special SECAM decoder in their color tv sets.
An older east German engineer told me today, that the Sovjets used their own wide gamut phosphors due to not paying licence fees to foreign countries.
Here are some photos from the set.
- Eckhard