From: REMpeteOVE@CAPpetezilla.ITALSco.uk   
      
   Gavin wrote:   
      
      
   > 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.   
      
   Hmm, had they been forced to use something more budget than that - you often   
   see stuff that is clearer than RD from the 70's, might be film, but perhaps   
   not?   
      
   >   
   > That's a little more than domestic PAL resolution, which is 576 lines.   
   > So it's true that we've never seen Red Dwarf at its full resolution,   
   > but not by much.   
      
   We need to be careful here, on standard UK 625 line PAL you see quite a few   
   less lines as a number are used for vertical sync and other such purposes -   
   suspect number you actually see is 576 or close...   
      
   You probably know the above.  Just need to be careful when discussing   
   numbers of lines.   
      
      
      
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