On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:56:13 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

Even the later ones were never really that good. Recently watched a DVD of
Yes Minister and was appalled at how soft the pictures were.


Ahh but in what format(s) had the images languished all those years?

One of the old timers I worked with said you could get better pictures
out of a quad VTR than went in. ;-)

FWIR quad VTRs could introduce a variety of scalloping/banding type
artifacts if they were badly adjusted or worn, but overall soft
shouldn't happen. That sounds like it's been recorded on a low band
helical scan format at some stage.

DG