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Iain: >PMJI, but I think what happens is that PAL kit is used for production and postproduction, then SECAM is used for transmission. They used to use SECAM for everything, but eventually figured out it was expensive and not really necessary.< Uh–run that by me again? <g> Why would they use one format for production, and a second for transmission? Boy–I'm REAL confused now… The reason I'm asking is I know somebody in France I want to send a copy of a tape I directed to, but I'm not sure if he can view it in PAL format (and the converting VCR I'm using doesn't convert to SECAM). Do their VCRs play PAL tapes, and can their TV sets view PAL? And why (getting rampantly Ammurican for a moment here <g>) can't everyone else use NTSC like we do? Or why aren't we using PAL like the most of the rest of the world? <*groan*> Best, Tim Liebe