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Well, it was mainly a political problem, they first tried to halt the beginning of experimental color broadcasts during the 60s (i guess because the Italian electronic industry was not happy to invest in R&D for color TV, remember the tube chassis dragged into the 80s...)
Then it took the best part of the 70s for them to decide between PAL and SECAM, until, in 1977, they officially adopted PAL,
So almost all of our color sets made before 1977 were able to receive both PAL and SECAM or were PAL sets with an optional module for 625 line SECAM reception
many people bought color sets early because in some parts of Italy you could receive color broadcasts from neighbouring countries (france, switzerland, istria...)
I still have our first color set, a 1976 Voxson (italian) fitted with electronic tuning, ultrasonic remote, and a 110 degree delta gun tube, sadly, the flyback blew in the mid 90s
By the way, sadly, we're not great at preserving vintage TVs, no one wants them, even for free, most people consider them ugly, the only exceptions are some 70s plastic portable TVs which are considered "modern art" (i prefer big wooden sets a lot anyway)
Francesco
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