"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
00024
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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"THE BLOCK-BUSTER" The World is hungry for television. The idea challenges our imaginations. Movies by radio— at home—instantaneous—free—! For more than a decade, the promise of television has dangled in front of us, just out of reach. The delay couldn't be helped. The technical problems are fantastic. Chopping a moving picture into a couple of million spurts of electricity every sec- ond and cramming them down a radio antenna —this makes sound-broadcasting seem like child's play. But the television experimenters have gone at the job doggedly, spent a few for- tunes, and licked most of the problems. Only the Axis has held up the parade. But while we've been waiting, some crazy ideas about television have been making the rounds. There have been strange rumors about the cost and length-of-life of receivers, and mis- taken notions about how television works. Some people seem to think that sight radio will be only a passing fad. Others look forward to a Rube Goldberg-esque television receiver, which will also wash the dishes, mix drinks, fry three- minute eggs, and change the baby's diapers. Many members of the entertainment industry eye the new invention with skepticism and dis-