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Originally Posted by paulsherwin
Do you mean that UK 405 productions looked bad on the Australian system? That's because they would have been 16mm telerecordings. The 405 system gave very good results on the 405 TVs of the day. It was abandoned for reasons of standardisation within Europe, not because it performed poorly.
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Sorry re late reply, but just home after flitting around Africa.
I was referring to my memories (1975, 1977) of poor picture quality, watching various programmes on receivers in the London area, and comparing to viewing experiences with Australian free to air 625 TV, and industrial 819 line Air Traffic Control (also Australian) radar displays (US Conrac chassis).
But ... after now watching some You Tube clips of old UK 405 programmes, and allowing for "variables", I have to admit that my viewing experiences must have been seriously and adversely affected by TV set deficiencies.
So... I withdraw my earlier comments about poor 405 programme picture quality.