24-06-2024, 09:36 PM
Watching the Feb 74 election now after watching the 70 one the other day. The non-sync cuts cause a lot less disruption than they did in 1970, where the picture rolls and goes haywire for several seconds, in 74 it's just a few seconds of banding and shimmering (and tends to happen a few seconds before or after going to an outside source, rather than bang on the cuts as they were in 70), and quite often they're literally just a brief flicker or flash (which probably isn't hugely different to how it looked at the time). Had they done something in those 4 years so the VTRs could handle the loss of sync better, or change the way they switched to other sources? Of course in 79 and onwards non-sync cuts were gone entirely.
There's still some cases of captions flying up and down the screen on non-sync cuts, as there was in 1970. There's regular BBC Parliament-added warnings of picture strobing on the 74 election as well, which they didn't do in 70, I guess the disruption the loss of sync causes, while less disruptive than 1970, is more likely to cause those sorts of issues.
There's still some cases of captions flying up and down the screen on non-sync cuts, as there was in 1970. There's regular BBC Parliament-added warnings of picture strobing on the 74 election as well, which they didn't do in 70, I guess the disruption the loss of sync causes, while less disruptive than 1970, is more likely to cause those sorts of issues.