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   "Gavin"  wrote in message   
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   > On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:16:13 +0100, "Scott Freeman"    
   > wrote:   
   [snip]   
      
   > It's quite likely that most of Red Dwarf was shot on 1-inch open-reel   
   > videotape, either Type B or Type C. These videotape reels certainly do   
   > have a horizontal scanline resolution. Type B recorded at 625   
   > scanlines for PAL output.   
      
   Ah.  Yes that makes sense now you mention it.  It would have been   
   electromagnetically encoded for old CRTs.   
      
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