The RCA Portable Television Pickup Equipment

Beers, G.; Schade, Otto H.; Shelby, Ramona

doi:10.1109/jrproc.1940.228898

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“…Another solution to the outside pickup problem has been provided in the form of equipment built in units small enough to be carried, which may be taken to the scene of the pickup by any suitable means of transportation and set up in the most advantageous position. I n this case there has been some sacrifice in performance and operating flexibility for the sake of portability, but, nevertheless, such equipment is capable of providing high-quality television pictures and has the advantage of portability, which makes it possible to televise many scenes that might not be accessible to the equipment mounted permanently in large trucks (Beers, Schade and Shelby, 1940;Smith, 1940;Hanson, 1941).…”

Section: Recent Television Developmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent television developments

Zworykin¹,

Shelby²

1941

Rep. Prog. Phys.

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1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONLT HoUG H this Report covers principally the most modern developments in the field of television, a brief historical outline of the inventions, discoveries and improvements which contributed most to its progress still serves a useful purpose. During the past several decades the technical advances in all branches of electrical communication-particularly radio-have been nothing short of phenomenal. It is therefore not altogether surprising that the development of electronic television is likely to be taken as a matter of course, and the fact that it had its humble beginnings often completely forgotten.Probably the first practical.discovery leading to the development of modem television was that which occurred in Valentia, Ireland, in 1873 (Larner, 1929), Recent television developmentsI39 1 'I II I ~, , , plar 140.

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Section: Recent Television Developmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%