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>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:04:36 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum     <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #4928 Russian VCR format (!)
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The first answer to this question was too simplistic.

Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, the main TV standard used was
MESECAM, a variant of the French SECAM.  This format still is used
and is common.  PAL is, indeed, replacing MESECAM since PAL machines
are the European norm and market forces will tell.  NTSC is sometimes
seen, too, however.  Cheaper multistandard VCRs that can convert
signals are becoming common in Russia, too.

Thus here, like so much else in Russia, the situation is turbulent...

Best to all, Mike Ledgerwood