Articles about 405-lines

When is it coming into service? How much will a set cost? Will it mean the end of black and white?

An expert answers the question which many people ask as they watch their TV screen

There’s a lot for the British to be proud of when it comes to TV

All you ever needed to know about an engineering achievement high in the Pennines

This new ‘television’ idea is getting popular, but how does it work?

ITV transmitters in 1962: north and west Wales

ITV transmitters in 1962: Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Herm

ITV transmitters in 1962: northern Scotland

ITV transmitters in 1962: for the England/Scotland border

ITV transmitters in 1962: the west country

ITV transmitters in 1962: Strabane and Black Mountain

ITV transmitters in 1962: Eastern England

The BBC gets its response to the Pilkington Committee in early

ITV transmitters in 1962: Northeastern England

ITV transmitters in 1962: Southern region

ITV transmitters in 1962: west of England and south of Wales

ITV transmitters in 1962: lowland Scotland

ITV transmitters in 1962: Northern region

A new control room for live continental broadcasting exchange opens in Broadcasting House

ITV transmitters in 1962: Midlands region

ITV transmitters in 1962: London region

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

A 1963 guide to the options available for 625 lines, colour and ITV-2