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

Page scan 000124 from "Television: the revolution,"

Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
000124
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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"PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS" 105 Let's assume that the war is over. A few days ago, we went down to the local television dealer's show-room, and looked over his new line of tele-receivers. We picked one that had an attrac- tive modern console, and seemed to harmonize with our other furniture; it has a twelve-inch screen, which is amply large for the size of our family. The service-man has rigged up the an- tenna, the lead-ins have been attached, the con- nections plugged in, and we are ready to see our first home television program. At noon, let us say, the local transmitter goes on the air. We are all set to catch the first picture which is sent out. What's it going to be? For a few seconds the screen is blank, while the receiver warms up; then, a geometric pat- tern of black-and-white lines appears on the screen, slightly blurred; we adjust the focus and brightness control. Now the picture stands out in perfect clarity. It is the television test pattern, with the call-letters of the station in- scribed at the center; by bringing this pattern into sharp focus, we can be sure that the video channel is sharply tuned. Now the voice of the announcer comes over the loudspeaker. We are astonished at first—