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Old 5th Oct 2006, 1:29 pm   #8
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Default Re: 819-Line TV From PC - First Pictures!

Well done Kat.

I have seen 819 line TV as broadcast though under far from optimum conditions. It was in Brussels sometime in the late 1960s or early 70s on a small set with marginal signal strength. The programme I saw was the Forsyte Saga (BBC 1967) dubbed into French. I remember noting the inaudible line whistle. It was common at that time in Brussels to have great christmas trees of aerials to receive channels from a fair bit of Europe. Cable systems were common too and sometimes carried BBC TV, picked up at a head end near the coast.

I doubt if any French studios were running 819 by then. Just as we weren't running any 405. So all 819 pictures were up converted from 625.
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