17-05-2019, 10:47 PM
(17-05-2019, 08:00 PM)ppppenguin Wrote: I'm not sure about the history of BBC and ITV locking their 405 networks to mains frequency. By 1964 and the start of BBC2 I'm pretty sure everything was crystal controlled. By 1967 and the start of colour there was no possibility of mains lock.
They were saying RTE used crystal controlled sync from the start as Irish viewers were used to BBC/ITV being unsynced to their mains. I'm wondering if people went across the border to buy cheap 405 lines TV's? Did the Irish government try (or even succeed) to stop import's?
