[Mike]

How much of the issues before were caused by the Thomson cameras though, Leeds' actually moved with them from Woodhouse Lane having been installed in 2002 to replace their 1645s (which dated from around 1987).

I think they were a particularly ropey camera even when new, but the technology they replaced was so poor or antiquated nobody noticed at the time, it's only as HD stuff has come into circulation, along with upscaling SD images that the issue became a lot worse.

Obviously the new sets necessitated a relight, but well racked newer cameras have probably helped no end. The Thomsons all seemed to be washed out and grainy, and TWs look like they're about to die...

I've not seen any of the PTZ shots from Leeds, but I know Birmingham's seems to output a smushyvision picture now (it used to show a very green tinged filmic framerate and looked decent).