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Playing around with outputting SECAM on a raspberry pi and I was surprised my workbench TV displayed it. I know it supports NTSC and PAL, but for some reason I thought SECAM didn't work. It doesn't look great - lots of red and blue fringing on details, but the colours are present and accurate.

The multi-system support isn't listed in the manual, nor does it show on the on-screen display. Wild that they just silently threw in a feature like that. Good job, Philips.

@themaritimegirl Also CBC Winnipeg was always bad at timing the local commercials. You would also catch the beginning or end of something.

@themaritimegirl I have a few old recordings (all 1980 or older) that do this when switching between the program and the commercials, or between national/network content and local commercials. You can actually hear the head drum in the VCR momentarily lose servo lock.

"I picked up that RCA cable you asked for"

@themaritimegirl That promo looks like it was fun to make. My condolences about John.

Did not expect to see a Zenith Healthview CRT TV in the waiting room today.