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[jhalphen]

Hello Eckhard,

Thanks! for the info on the German TV series. Please tell us when it airs, as many Euro-readers of AK receive the German Sat channels on Astra (i do).No Early SECAM set, no space. Had a 1968 model given to me second hand in 1972, this was my first tube color TV. Dad gave it away when i moved.

PAL --> SECAM transcoders were/are plentiful in France because so many people had PAL camcorders. We have tested most of the popular models, and they all generate the important SECAM "Bottles" i.e. the color ident signal in the vertical interval.

Many of us run the first French Trinitron (KV-1220DF/KV-1221DF) from a DVB-T tuner (18 FTA channels) then a transcoder to get all 18 channels in color on the Sony.

The section here on French E-Bay filters out "transcoders" in the camcorder section:

http://photo-video.search.ebay.fr/tr...Z1QQsofocusZbs

The second link shows one of the popular models of transcoders, the Sony SFR-1000

http://cgi.ebay.fr/SONY-SFR-1000-tra...QQcmdZViewItem

If you don't feel comfortable dealing with French E-Bay sellers, i can buy one for you. If you want me to do this, please quote your max bidding amount (here or via MP)

Also interesting about the Sony 1220:
- Christophe G. developped a SCART RGB input mod
- Bruno P. has written some stuff on how to force 1st generation SECAM V. Ident color killers to "stay open all the time". This deals mainly with Philips Group color decoder IC chips: TCA-640/650/660, I have all this on file, yours for the asking.

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France