405 line to 625 line

[steptoe]

I have some very old B&W 405 line sources on DVD that play but obviously flicker and are terrible quality and I am looking to try to improve things

Any suggestions appreciated


No, there isn't a better source thats why they are 405 line as thats all that exists

Steptoe and Son and Hancocks Half Hour mainly due to the BBC destroying/reusing the tapes again due to the very high cost at the time. A lot of old program were deleted this way, so 405 line i sall that is left and these are personal recordings made by people at the time or 'illegally' keeping copies of program of that era

[2Bdecided]

The originals were 405-line video tapes.

What survives are telerecordings (the Americans call them kinescopes) - films made by pointing a film camera at a television monitor...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telerecording
...and in some cases, early home video recordings. The worst quality steptoe one I've seen is a "modern" 625-line video recording made by pointing a camcorder at the screen of a 405-line TV while an old 405-line home video was played back. The old tape wouldn't play again, so that's the only copy that survives.

You might enjoy reading about the work of the Doctor Who Restoration Team...
http://www.restoration-team.co.uk/

Good luck!

Cheers,
David.