Articles about 405-lines

Geoff Nash tries to explain 2023’s TV technology to a 1936 viewer

Part six of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain

Part five of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain

Part three of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain

Part two of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain

The BBC tests NTSC colour on 405-lines for the benefit of MPs

Television prepares for its greatest triumph, to reach out beyond the frontiers of Europe and bring you instantaneous sights and sounds from six different countries

Part Eleven: Keith Waterhouse of the Daily Mirror looks into the future of British television

The general manager of Rediffusion on why we should go into colour now, in 1966

Make sure your television set is fully adjusted to improve your viewing

An upgrade from 405-lines to 625-lines is not enough on its own to get people to buy or rent new sets, says the BBC’s DC Birkinshaw in 1959

A look at how television facilities have developed across Europe in 1967

Television is coming soon and, the Nottingham Journal decides, the Baird system is the one to bet on

It’s almost S-night! With ITV about to convert from 405 to 625, the technology correspondent of the Sunday Times looks into what’s involved

Electrical maintenance: the beating heart of Television House and Wembley