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Originally Posted by OvenMaster
 Actually, that's a pretty cute TV. And converting a 405-line analog set to 625-line digital has just got to be more complicated than swapping out some caps... I'd like to find out more about the converter that's mentioned. 405-line b/w was on VHF frequencies; 625 is on UHF.
Tom |
Hi Tom,
It's one of my converters in Richards set, which was the reference to being available from America. They are small enough (about 2" square) that many people just stick them in the set itself. Although I make them for just about every obsolete standard, the British 405 is by far the most requested since they used this right up until 1986 and there are plenty of sets still around.
I do know of few pre-war sets in England that are used on a fairly regular basis for daily viewing from Freeview/Sky boxes or DVD's, so the comment about this being the oldest set is a bit of a stretch. I do agree that that is one nice looking set.
You can find out more about how the converter works by downloading the user manual from:
http://converter.home.comcast.net/~converter/
Darryl