English NTSC TV's.

[ppppenguin]

I was not aware of this aspect of PAL patents so far. Makes me wonder how Comecon manufacturers like Staßfurt and Tesla (these two definitely made TV sets with PAL decoders) handled it.

I would assume that they just ignored the patents, as was common in the Eastern Bloc. There wasn't much the west could do apart from ban imports of such goods.

[Telecolor 3007]

Romania was the only country in the Soviet Bloc that dind't use S.E.C.A.M. The reason where politicall too! The tv sets for Romania had decoders for both P.A.L. and S.E.A.C.A.M., 'cause all countries sorrounding Romania (except former Yugoslavia) used S.E.C.A.M. Oh, and Romania and former Yugoslavia where the only countries in Eastern-Europe that subtitled the movies (nowdays, some movies broadcasted on the Bulgarian televisions are subtitled and in Hungary from time to time movies broadcasted on tv are subtitled).