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Default Bit of a con, really ... ?

In article ,
William Sommerwerck wrote:
The phosphors as used when colour TV arrived in the UK were known
as NTSC standard by the BBC. And were still specified for Grade 1
monitors for many years afterwards. Indeed, probably still are.


Forgive me, but how something is spec'd does not mean that the real-world
implementation -- regardless of its name -- meets the spec.


Of course, color TV was so late arriving in GB, it's likely that only the
improved red phosphors were used.


Finally the penny's dropped.

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