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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2012 14:37:13 GMT
I wouldn't have thought converting would have been that hard as BBC-1 and ITV did this routinely with all their output from 1969 onwards for people who were still watching on b/w 405 line sets (which included my family until the mid '70s).
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Mar 30, 2012 14:59:06 GMT
I wouldn't have thought converting would have been that hard as BBC-1 and ITV did this routinely with all their output from 1969 onwards for people who were still watching on b/w 405 line sets (which included my family until the mid '70s). Well, hereby hangs a tale. Now it's well-known Spain borrowed equipment from Germany to transmit the colour broadcast. But their own people weren't able to get colour TV (except Llivia (goegraphy nerd ed)!), and had to watch b/w. (footnote....you'll note in David Essex 1974 film 'Stardust', the worldwide (fictional) o/b is filmed by TVE, and the director's monitor's are in b/w). I'm just curious as to if there were two different feeds. This is, of course, something that has happened lots over the years too. |
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Post by Richard Marple on Mar 30, 2012 16:45:56 GMT
Would a 625 line colour to B&W converstion been that hard?
The year before the BBC had their NTSC - PAL converter for the Olympic coverage, did French TV have a similar PAL - SECAM converter?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2012 17:04:16 GMT
Well, that's what I was getting at really. 625 line programmes were down-converted to 405 lines for about 15 years before the old standard was closed down in the mid '80s. There must have been live events from time to time that were converted and transmitted as they happened, as you mention with the Olympic coverage. The technology must have been in place to do this easily.
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Post by Graham Gourlay on Mar 31, 2012 9:24:32 GMT
Missed this, anybody know if its being repeated
Graham
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