Talk:History of television
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This article is mainly on color TV. What about the history of the Black and White TV? AbCarter 10:52, 12 August 2006, CET
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[edit] Modern TV?
This article covers from the early days of television to the 60s and 70s. Why is modern television history not included? Items such as ATSC (over-the-air ditigal broadcasts), HDTV and satellite television are all parts of television history that are not included. Any particular reason? EvilReborn 03:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
- I wrote much of the material from the 1920s to the 1950s, and I plead guilty. I have not read up on television developments past that period. Hopefully someone who has, can put some balance into this article. — Walloon 06:46, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Willard Geer
Removing paragraph:
- Of note, though RCA is largely credited with developing the first commercial color television in the United States, the invention was actually first patented by University of Southern California (USC) physics professor Willard Geer in 1944. One month after he patented this invention RCA also filed for a patent, then sued Mr. Geer. Willard Geer eventually won the suit and was paid $15,000 by RCA.
But RCA is not "largely credited with developing the first commercial color television" in the U.S. Color television had been demonstrated as far back as 1928 by John Logie Baird. The first commercial color television system was by CBS, approved by the FCC in 1950, on the air in 1951, with the first CBS brand sets manufactured in 1951. The NTSC system, with hardware developed by RCA, was not approved until 1953, and the first RCA brand sets were manufactured in 1954, several months after Westinghouse had color sets on the market. — Walloon 00:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] González Camarena
Guillermo González Camarena filed his first color television patent in Mexico, for a field sequential color adaptor, on August 19, 1940. Peter Goldmark, chief engineer for CBS television development, first demonstrated his field sequential color system at the CBS Laboratory in June 1940 to CBS management on a 3-inch screen enhanced with a magnifier placed in front of the screen. CBS first broadcast its field sequential color system as early as August 28, 1940, and demonstrated it for a delegation of FCC Commissioners and engineers on September 4, 1940. Article by Robert B. Cooper.
And let's not forget that John Logie Baird had already displayed color television in 1928, and Bell Labs had demonstrated it in 1929. Baird gave another demonstration of color television, this time using a cathode ray tube and a revolving disk of colored filters, in 1939 — essentially what González Camarena offered in his 1940 patent.
Also, the patent (note spelling, not "pattent") number 2,296,022 listed for González Camarena's 1940 invention in an earlier version of this article is actually for a "monogram attachment" by inventor M. Chernow, filed in 1939. The correct patent number for González Camarena is 2,296,019.
González Camarena is written about in the "Mexico" subsection of the History of Color Television section. — Walloon 09:18, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Broadcast television: relay
The sentence "At first, terrestrial broadcasting was the only way television could be distributed. Because bandwidth was limited, government regulation was normal." is unclear. High frequency radio relays were used (something like microwave?) very early for remotes and for feeding broadcasts to nearby cities. The article implies that, say, Philadelphia would pick up a New York broadcast from their regular broadcast frequency and repeat it to their viewers, which I do not believe to be the case. The second sentence does not seem to follow from the first.
The book "The Future of Television" by Orrin E. Dunlap, New York: Harper, 1942 says (p8) that coax was installed between New York and Philadelphia by that date for TV relays, and that high frequency radio relays were in the works. NBC had used such a radio link to send pictures from Camp Upton.L.I. to NYC 68 miles with 2 repeaters. Edison 14:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] First sports broadcast
I have removed the following paragraph:
- The first-ever sports broadcast on television took place on May 17, 1939 at the second game of a double-header between the Columbia University Columbia Lions and the Princeton University Tigers football teams at Columbia's Baker Field in upper Manhattan. NBC wanted to experiment with using television to broadcast live sporting events. The test was so successful that they soon began broadcasting major league sports.
England's BBC had been broadcasting sports events for several years before this, and Germany televised the 1936 Summer Olympics. — Walloon 01:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
