The local cable system, operated by SPM Telecom, also offers an array of broadcast and specialty channels from Canada and the US in SECAM, converted from NTSC.

The later PAL system also displays half the vertical resolution of NTSC ( i. e., the same as SECAM ).

#: France also introduced the SECAM standard to its dependencies.

At a later stage, countries where both PAL and SECAM signals were available ( notably the Middle East, hence the Acronym " Middle East SECAM "), developed a cheap method of converting PAL VHS machines to record SECAM signals also using the PAL circuitry.

Because it uses frequency modulation, SECAM is not linear with respect to the input image ( this is also what protects it against signal distortion ), so electrically mixing two ( synchronized ) SECAM signals does not yield a valid SECAM signal, unlike with analog PAL or NTSC.

The VCD standard also features the option of DVD-quality still images / slide shows with audio, at resolutions of 704x480 ( NTSC ) or 704x576 ( PAL / SECAM ).

PAL / SECAM also supports 256 × 240

Though RF modulators inherently transmit combined A / V signals in video applications, they depend on broadcast television systems and RF connectors which are not universal worldwide ; RF signals are also generally inferior to direct signals due to protocol conversion and the RF limitations of the three major analog TV systems ( NTSC, PAL and SECAM ).

The definitions of the R ', G ', and B ' signals also differ between BT. 709 and BT. 601, and differ within BT. 601 depending on the type of TV system in use ( 625-line as in PAL and SECAM or 525-line as in NTSC ), and differ further in other specifications.

Most games designated as part of this region will not run on hardware designated as part of the NTSC-US, PAL ( or PAL-E, " E " stands for Europe ) or NTSC-C ( for China ) mostly due to the regional differences of the PAL ( SECAM was also used in the early 90s ) and NTSC standards.

The European / Australian PAL ( Phase Alternation Line rate ) and the French-Former Soviet Union SECAM ( Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire ) standard were developed later and attempt to cure certain defects of the NTSC system.

There are three main analog broadcast television systems in use around the world, PAL ( Phase Alternating Line ), NTSC ( National Television System Committee ) and SECAM ( Séquentiel Couleur à Mémoire — Sequential Color with Memory ).

Initially, a version of SECAM for the French 819-line television standard was devised and tested, but not introduced.

) In 1967, CLT of Lebanon became the third television station in the world after the Soviet Union and France to broadcast in color, utilizing the French SECAM technology.

SECAM was later adopted by former French and Belgian colonies, Greece, the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries ( except for Romania and Albania ), and Middle Eastern countries.

Some have argued that the primary motivation for the development of SECAM in France was to protect French television equipment manufacturers.

# French SECAM ( SECAM-L )

#: French SECAM ( SECAM-L ) is used only in France, Luxembourg ( only RTL9 on CH 21 from Dudelange ) and Tele Monte-Carlo Transmitters in the south of France

" Native " SECAM recording was originally devised for machines sold for the French market.

A tape produced by this method is not compatible with " native " SECAM tapes as produced by VCRs in the French market.

Swiss importers added a little artisanal circuit, with specific IC, for France L norm, tuner became multistandard, but VCR record French broadcasts, on air, in MESECAM, the tapes are played in black and white on SECAM players, and SECAM tapes played B / W in these modified tuner VCR.

* Discussion of recording SECAM vs PAL on VHS ( in French )

* SECAM / 625 / 25 ( SECAM, French variety )

The French continued with SECAM, notably involving Russians in the development.

His inventions include the 819 line French standard and the SECAM color system.

He studied and thoroughly tested the American NTSC system and what would later become the French SECAM system.

* C020120 — French SECAM GTIA ( FGTIA )

The East German authorities were well-aware of this, and went as far as adopting the French colour standard SECAM rather than the PAL encoding used in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Because the station used the PAL color standard, Italians bought PAL TV sets in large numbers, ending the hopes of the French government that Italy might adopt its SECAM system instead.

The same basic format ( with minor differences mainly related to timing and the encoding of color ) is used for PAL, NTSC and SECAM television systems.

Just as with the other color standards adopted for broadcast usage over the world, SECAM is a standard which permits existing monochrome television receivers predating its introduction to continue to be operated as monochrome televisions.

Further improvements were SECAM III A followed by SECAM III B, the adopted system for general usage in 1967.

Other countries, notably the United Kingdom and Italy, briefly experimented with SECAM before opting for PAL.

The joke was that " SECAM " stood for " Something exceedingly Contrary to the American Method " versus NTSC " Never Twice the Same Color " whilst " Peace At Last " or " Perfection At Last " could only be obtained through the PAL system.

Nonetheless, SECAM was partly developed for reasons of national pride.

However, East Germans responded by buying PAL decoders for their SECAM sets.

Another explanation for the Eastern European adoption of SECAM, led by the Soviet Union, is that the Russians had extremely long distribution lines between broadcasting stations and transmitters.

However, PAL and SECAM are just standards for the color sub carrier, used in conjunction with older standards for the base monochrome signals.

#: Around 1983 – 1984 a new color identification standard (" Line SECAM or SECAM-H ") has been introduced in order to make more space available inside the signal for adding teletext information ( originally according to the Antiope standard ).

Very old SECAM TV sets might not be able to display color for today's broadcasts.

The SECAM standard used in Metropolitan France used the SECAM-L and a variant of the channel information for VHF channels 2-10.

So the world is left with two different incompatible standards for recording SECAM on VHS.

Since some countries in the Middle East use PAL and others use SECAM, the region has adopted a shortcut, and uses the PAL mixer-down converter approach for both PAL and SECAM.

Basic PAL VCRs work better for this, ones that are more sophisticated detect the SECAM signal as " not-PAL " and refuse to record it in color.