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   From: andrew.morrison10@btopenworld.com   
      
   "Paul Sherwin"  wrote in message   
   news:3f0b1a5e.39803794@news.cis.dfn.de...   
   > 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   
   > --   
   > Paul Sherwin Consulting     http://paulsherwin.co.uk   
   So, if the french secam system had 819 lines over the UK's 405 - over   
   double - then wouldn't have the quality been great ?   
      
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