In message <01030215552502.00265@Tenn>, James Hatridge writes

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me what "SECAM" means? Also I understand PAL and NTSC, but on this card is also "PAL BG", "PAL DK", "PAL I", the same with SECAM plus "SECAM LL".

TIA!

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SECAM is the term used to describe the French alternative to NTSC and PAL. NTSC and PAL encode the colour information by means of phase modulation of a colour sub-carrier. SECAM uses FM instead. I think they are compatible if you only want black and white. They also degrade at different rates when the radio signal is poor. There are slightly different national versions. A modified version of SECAM is also used in Russia. Regards. -- Geoff Bagley