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I'm curious about the way that one broke down - hanging onto remnants of the last good frame is a very digital way of failure (it's the kind of thing I'd associate with a framesync losing its input). So far so straightforward, but it seems quite advanced for 1992. Any guesses as to what might have failed?
I remember in the 80s seeing the golf fall off the air. They were showing a putt, and the player was taking such an age over it, it wasn't obvious the feed had failed at first. The frame sync had an almost unblemished frozen picture, with only some noise in a thin band at the bottom .
Even more remarkable they superimposed an Anchor (sp ?) generated apology over the image, made an announcement, and played some music. Presumably (hopefully !) someone had quickly gone to the frame sync in the equipment bays, and permanently enabled the freeze !
Here's a breakdown from BBC 2 in 1992 during the snooker
It happens at 2:41 into the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs6rQovvPww
Also, note the fact that the continuity announcer changes during the breakdown
It happens at 2:41 into the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs6rQovvPww
Also, note the fact that the continuity announcer changes during the breakdown
I'm curious about the way that one broke down - hanging onto remnants of the last good frame is a very digital way of failure (it's the kind of thing I'd associate with a framesync losing its input). So far so straightforward, but it seems quite advanced for 1992. Any guesses as to what might have failed?
I remember in the 80s seeing the golf fall off the air. They were showing a putt, and the player was taking such an age over it, it wasn't obvious the feed had failed at first. The frame sync had an almost unblemished frozen picture, with only some noise in a thin band at the bottom .
Even more remarkable they superimposed an Anchor (sp ?) generated apology over the image, made an announcement, and played some music. Presumably (hopefully !) someone had quickly gone to the frame sync in the equipment bays, and permanently enabled the freeze !