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Old 14th May 2018, 3:15 pm   #23
cheerfulcharlie
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Default Re: TV system differences?

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Originally Posted by paulsherwin View Post
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.

Possibly one of the last surviving ITV 405 line recordings- transferred to VHS here (for Wendy's home consumption) and still looks good- eat your heart out Simon Cowell here is the master at work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd_O88adO1w
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