Especially impressive work by the BBC restoration team involves the use of a process called VidFire
http://freespace.virgin.net/mark.campbell10/vidfir e.htm
Using a system of between-frame vector interpolation, it produces a pretty good imitation of video quality (at 50fps) in cases where only a telecine recording (25fps) of the original program exists. (Only works when the original material was shot in video)
Some of those old '60s shows can end up looking eerilly contemporary!
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Especially impressive work by the BBC restoration team involves the use of a process called VidFire http://freespace.virgin.net/mark.campbell10/vidfir e.htm
Using a system of between-frame vector interpolation, it produces a pretty good imitation of video quality (at 50fps) in cases where only a telecine recording (25fps) of the original program exists. (Only works when the original material was shot in video)
Some of those old '60s shows can end up looking eerilly contemporary!