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LARGE-SCREEN TELEVISION RCA Demonstrates Adoanced Model — Four Technical Developments Make Possible Brighter. Clearer Pictures on 16 by 21 Inch Screen AN advanced development model i. television receiver reproducing pictures brighter, clearer and five times larger than were obtainable on pre-war sets was demonstrated March 15 by the RCA Victor Divi- sion of the Radio Corporation of America, with the cooperation of the National Broadcasting Company. A special program of live talent and films presented by NBC was viewed on the receiver model, which features a new type of screen, 16 x 21',3 inches, made of surface-treated plastic. In a brief talk preceding the demonstration, Dr. C. B. Jolliffe, Vice President in Charge of the RCA Laboratories, explained tech- nical details of the receiver. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson headed the list of entertainers on the half- hour variety show. In addition to the veteran tap dancer, NBC pre- sented a dramatic sketch, "Birth- day," featuring Jimsie Somers, 8- year-old television actress; Frances Dee, Philip Foster, and Ed Jerome, all well known to stage and radio. Russell Patterson, artist, sketched models as they paraded before the television camera, and two film shorts, showing various athletic events and the U. S. landing on Cor- regidor, completed the entertain- ment. According to Frank M. Folsom, Vice President in Charge of the RCA Victor Division, television sets of the type demonstrated will not go into production until wartime re- strictions on manpower and mate- rials are removed. He said that the company expects to make large- screen receivers available within about one year after civilian pro- duction is resumed. Console models, containing pro- jection-type television, FM and standard broadcast receiving facili- ties, Mr. Folsom added, will cost ap- proximately $39.5. RCA Victor will aiso have several models equipped with direct viewing picture tubes, and at least one table model priced at about $150. The large screen television re- ceiver. Dr. .Jolliffe said, was made possible by four pre-war technical developments by RCA scientists and engineers. These include an im- THREE STAGES OF TELEVISION RECEIVER PROGRESS: LEFT—RECEIVER WITH A MECHANICAL SCAN.NING DISK, USED IN THE LATE 20'S. BELOW AT LEFT —PRE-WAR MODEL GIVING 7 BY 9-INCH PICTURE. BELOW RIGHT — -RCA'S ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT MODEL PRESENTING A 16 BY 21-INCH PICTURE. 1^ [10 RADIO AGE]