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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fooling the Eye. Stripped of technical embroidery, the basic theory of color television is fairly simple. Even a black & white television picture is an optical illusion. All there is on the screen at any instant is a fast-moving bright spot that "scans" back & forth, covering the whole screen with...
The mirrors are arranged so that red light from the red tube is reflected to the eye of the viewer from the red-reflecting mirror (see diagram). Blue light from the blue tube is reflected by the blue-reflecting mirror, but passes through the red-reflecting mirror to the eye...
Another fact is that RCA's system still does not work well. It has rarely been shown to the public, and does not impress laymen. Different sets show the same scene in different colors. The colors are not at all faithful; they often change suddenly and erratically. Dr. Elmer...
Dream Tube. Other color systems besides those of the main contestants have been proposed to FCC. The "line sequential" system of Color Television Inc. uses a single picture tube with three blocks of different colored phosphors on its face. The colored pictures are combined by projection lenses on a common...
FCC, most of whose commissioners are not electronic experts, will hold many more hearings, stage more demonstrations. The commission may dump the problem of color TV into the lap of some such scientific body as the National Bureau of Standards. While the decision waits, laymen can draw a few conclusions...