foam said:

Hey guys I have this on VHS (pal) which I recorded from a Win TV broadcast in around 1980, The colour is more natural and not so obscene as the NTSC captures I've seen. I still have the tape and have been meaning to do something with it for around 20 years. I recently got hold of a working VHS player and captured it to my PC at 720x527 and the video quality is excellent compared to some other captures I've seen some years ago (I probably haven't seen the better ones) however I'm having a bit of trouble getting the sound across perfectly so I'll have to do it again once I get a better sound catching setup. What I also really need is a Video player with s-video out I guess. Below is a full screen capture from todays effort

Hey, that's excellent! I have two separate recordings from Australia (screen thumbnails seen here), but hadn't found anyone who recorded the Aussie broadcast first-hand before.

What's odd about Australia is the number of times it was broadcast there. Where other countries only got it once (if they were lucky/unlucky), Australia got it multiple times from 1980-1984, possibly even up through the late 80s by some reports.

There are a good number of people here who could help you out or offer advice on your capture. By all means, your copy is definitely a rarity worth preserving, so take care of the original and try to do the best dump of it that you can.

--SKot