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i preferred ITA.

I think you'll find that ITA stood for the Independant Television AUTHORITY... they never made or transmitted any programmes... instead they laid down the guidelines under which the various local independant TV franchises operated.

The ITA was replaced by the IBA when the IBA and ITC merged. The IBA itself was disolved in 2003 and replaced by Ofcom.

Sorry, that should read ITA was replaced by IBA which was replaced by ITC and then ITC was replaced in 2003 by Ofcom.

thanks bob,i recall when i was younger our 1st tv a ferrranti just had ITA/BBC buttons.

I recall our first TV had a button you pressed to watch TV broadcast as 405 lines, and another that you had to press to watch TV Broadcast in 625 lines.

It was about the time BBC 2 started (1965 ?), and to begin with BBC 2 was the only channel broadcasting in 625 lines - eventually all the channels migrated to 625 lines as colour TV was brought in.

I remember my dad then taping-up the 405 button so you coudn't use it.

There were only 3 channels then, but 90% of the time there was something worth watching on at least one of them.

I must have 50 channels now, and 90% of the time there is nothing worth watching on any of them.

Anyone know how many lines HD is going to broadcast in ?

spider wrote:

> Anyone know how many lines HD is going to broadcast in ?


720p & 1080i

720p is about 30% sharper than standard broadcast TV. As for 1080i, well there is still debate as to whether it is that much better than 720p in the actual perception of the viewer.

spider wrote:

I recall our first TV had a button you pressed to watch TV broadcast as 405 lines, and another that you had to press to watch TV Broadcast in 625 lines.

It was about the time BBC 2 started (1965 ?), and to begin with BBC 2 was the only channel broadcasting in 625 lines - eventually all the channels migrated to 625 lines as colour TV was brought in.

I remember my dad then taping-up the 405 button so you coudn't use it.

There were only 3 channels then, but 90% of the time there was something worth watching on at least one of them.

I must have 50 channels now, and 90% of the time there is nothing worth watching on any of them.

Anyone know how many lines HD is going to broadcast in ?

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Our first (rented) TV had a screen smaller than my laptop (which has a 15" screen). My first memories of TV were Robinson Crusoe and Watch with Mother. I remember watching Churchill's funeral in 1965.

Another (less fond) memory was my father using the TV as a speaker when Radio 3 first started it's test broadcasts in stereo. His "Hi-Fi" at the time was a Garrard turntable, some old valve amplifier, a radio and a very large and heavy home made speaker (yes, just the one... home stereo was in its infancy then). Those Saturday morning broadcasts really annoyed me (I was about 6 or 7 then) as they clashed with Fireball XL5!!! !furious!

We got our first colour TV in about 1968... the colour programme I remember most in those days was The High Chaparral... it was on at 8.00pm on a Monday on BBC2, shortly after I got home from Cubs !blush!



Consider yourself lucky to only have 50 channels of shit to choose from... thanks to NTL I have several hundred channels to choose from and I still tend to watch BBC1, BBC2, ITV, C4 or Five most of the time. Sky Sports gets a look in when there's test match cricket involving England or a rugby international or a Chelsea game. Sky Movies also gets a viewing every now and then, too.

As for HD, depending on the programme it'll be broadcast in 720p, 1080i or 1080p but unless you have a huge room capable of having a 60" screen, you really won't be able to tell the difference between the three.. and even then... !hmmm!

However, if your budget can stretch to a TV that has a 1920x1080 resolution, then go for it... just make sure it has more than one HD connection though.

A lot of HD ready sets only have one DVI or HDMI connection. Not a problem at the moment when few people have either an HD set top box (such as SkyHD) or an HD capable DVD, let alone both, but in a year or so when more people have both, that could be a problem.

1080p? I thought that a 'bit of kit' was to be used to convert 1080i to 1080p, I didn't think it was being broadcast.

Learn something new every day.

good memory bob,we got colour tv in 1973 i recall vandervalk,and corrie always looked high colour arond 73/74.Bob Singleton wrote:

> spider wrote:
>
> I recall our first TV had a button you pressed to watch TV
> broadcast as 405 lines, and another that you had to press to
> watch TV Broadcast in 625 lines.
>
> It was about the time BBC 2 started (1965 ?), and to begin with
> BBC 2 was the only channel broadcasting in 625 lines -
> eventually all the channels migrated to 625 lines as colour TV
> was brought in.
>
> I remember my dad then taping-up the 405 button so you coudn't
> use it.
>
> There were only 3 channels then, but 90% of the time there was
> something worth watching on at least one of them.
>
> I must have 50 channels now, and 90% of the time there is
> nothing worth watching on any of them.
>
> Anyone know how many lines HD is going to broadcast in ?
>
> ====================================================
>
> Our first (rented) TV had a screen smaller than my laptop
> (which has a 15" screen). My first memories of TV were Robinson
> Crusoe and Watch with Mother. I remember watching Churchill's
> funeral in 1965.
>
> Another (less fond) memory was my father using the TV as a
> speaker when Radio 3 first started it's test broadcasts in
> stereo. His "Hi-Fi" at the time was a Garrard turntable, some
> old valve amplifier, a radio and a very large and heavy home
> made speaker (yes, just the one... home stereo was in its
> infancy then). Those Saturday morning broadcasts really annoyed
> me (I was about 6 or 7 then) as they clashed with Fireball
> XL5!!! !furious!
>
> We got our first colour TV in about 1968... the colour
> programme I remember most in those days was The High
> Chaparral... it was on at 8.00pm on a Monday on BBC2, shortly
> after I got home from Cubs !blush!
>
>
>
> Consider yourself lucky to only have 50 channels of shit to
> choose from... thanks to NTL I have several hundred channels to
> choose from and I still tend to watch BBC1, BBC2, ITV, C4 or
> Five most of the time. Sky Sports gets a look in when there's
> test match cricket involving England or a rugby international
> or a Chelsea game. Sky Movies also gets a viewing every now and
> then, too.
>
> As for HD, depending on the programme it'll be broadcast in
> 720p, 1080i or 1080p but unless you have a huge room capable of
> having a 60" screen, you really won't be able to tell the
> difference between the three.. and even then... !hmmm!
>
> However, if your budget can stretch to a TV that has a
> 1920x1080 resolution, then go for it... just make sure it has
> more than one HD connection though.
>
> A lot of HD ready sets only have one DVI or HDMI connection.
> Not a problem at the moment when few people have either an HD
> set top box (such as SkyHD) or an HD capable DVD, let alone
> both, but in a year or so when more people have both, that
> could be a problem.
>
>

bbc 2 started in 1964 i recall it was always snowy vision till about 1966.the 70s tv set had a itv2 button on it.spider wrote:

> I recall our first TV had a button you pressed to watch TV
> broadcast as 405 lines, and another that you had to press to
> watch TV Broadcast in 625 lines.
>
> It was about the time BBC 2 started (1965 ?), and to begin with
> BBC 2 was the only channel broadcasting in 625 lines -
> eventually all the channels migrated to 625 lines as colour TV
> was brought in.
>
> I remember my dad then taping-up the 405 button so you coudn't
> use it.
>
> There were only 3 channels then, but 90% of the time there was
> something worth watching on at least one of them.
>
> I must have 50 channels now, and 90% of the time there is
> nothing worth watching on any of them.
>
> Anyone know how many lines HD is going to broadcast in ?
>
>