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Sylvia Else wrote:

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I'm left wondering what exactly was the *real* problem that PAL was
intended to fix.

Political. The Europeans didn't want US companies selling sets there.

Didn't stop the Japanese, etc. But US companies would have to do other
mods to their products for European sales anyway. Like mains voltage and
frequency. Most couldn't be bothered - even when that's all which had to
be changed.

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