Re: off-air 405-line recordings on Youtube

In message <4f5e6980b1charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
In article <B6GdnYc5ENeGCxnanZ2dnUVZ8vidnZ2d@xxxxxx>,
James <> wrote:
Ian Jelf wrote:

> > This got me thinking... after WW2 nearly all EU countries moved
> > straight to 625-lines (the only other exception being the French, who
> > went for 819-lines),
> <Pedant> I'm pretty sure the French had 819 broadcasting before (and
> during) WWII. </Pedant>


Try building a VHF transmitter to meet the bandwidth required
by 819 line television using 1940's technology.


There was tv in France during WW2, but it was 441 lines. 819 started in
1948.

I stand corrected!

Did anyone here ever see 819 pictures? What did they look like?
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Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

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