I just stumbled upon a few youtube links to what look like 819 line French standard monochrome television set from the 1950s/60s being fed with a 1960s recreated 819 line signal.
This was the first broadcast HD!
Check out: (And skip to 1:45 for the presenter in vision continuity. Amazingly clear for 1960s stuff!)
This was the first broadcast HD!
Check out: (And skip to 1:45 for the presenter in vision continuity. Amazingly clear for 1960s stuff!)