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   From: paulSPAM@paulsherwin.co.uk   
      
   On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 13:38:14 GMT, steveroberts@compuserve.com (Steve   
   Roberts) wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:11:24 +0100, Nigel Goodwin   
   > wrote:   
   >> The BBC originally used to convert   
   >>between standards (405/525/625) by playing it back on a monitor and   
   >>recording from a camera aimed at the monitor.   
   >   
   >That was true of very early 525/625 conversions, but not 405/625, as   
   >this could be done using simple electronic line stores and averaging,   
   >even in the early days.   
      
   IIRC the RTE electronic standards converter blew up towards the end of   
   the 405 era in Ireland, and they ran for a couple of years in the 70s   
   with a 405 camera pointed at a 625 monitor. Of course, few people were   
   actually watching the 405 signal by then.   
      
   Best regards, Paul   
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