1970's BBC2 ident

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Uploaded by on Jan 11, 2008

This was recorded from the 625 line service with a 405 line camera on a CV2000B reel of videotape. Early colour TV's had no video output so the only way to record the picture was pointing a camera to the tube. I had, to recover the 405 line signal, do the same with a 625 line camera now. Very complicated isn't it?

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  • Uh...That's NOT color!

  • Yes it is. 2 color's. 1 Black and 2 White. ;o)

    For more info read the "about tis video"

  • @videorestore2 Should I find a 405 to 625(576) converter?

  • @jjovereats Yes! And tell me where to find one at a reasonable price.

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  • uhh... i am pissed SO much that i can't get onto BBC's yuotube channel. it's like they block your ip address if you are not from UK (i 'm in the states). GRRR

    i'm so sorry that i am spamming up the place

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  • @videorestore2 Maybe try pointing a huge (like the size of your 377i TV) lens at the TV, and recording the result. Then deinterlace Yadif. It will look much better than another cnversion. Make sure you zoom in to slightly overscan it.

    Best I could think off of the top of my head.

    Also, set the shutter to 1/50.

  • The voice of david allen takes me right back to the 70's watching BBC 2. The best BBC announcer. Thanks

  • Wat een ontzettend verslavend muziekje ! :)

  • How awfully spiffing. Ve-ery BBC spoken home counties accent from the continuity announcer.

  • actually this is more like 8-bit color, except all of the 256 colors are set to shades of grey =P

    great video :)

  • From 1967 to 1969, it stayed static, in 1969-1972 the dots were in white and blue, red, green and finally white 2 was rotating, in Circa 1972, there was a change to the BBC2 ident, in 1973, the background changed to blue, the Colour legend changed to Cyan, in Autumn 1974, the 2 was dark blue, and the Colour legend converted to white.

  • Anyone know what the jazz riff from 0:12 to 0:54 is from?

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