[opendtv] Re: PAL; 405 line pictures
- From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:57:25 -0800
Doug wrote:
> Dale Kelly wrote:
> > It's easy to
> >> forget that before satellite distribution in the 1970s, Americans
> >> seldom saw accurate color on their screens.
That wasn't my statement Doug. I'm with you on the poor design of many
early, and even later, color TVs. I also constructed an early Heathkit that
produced an image equal to most expensive studio color monitors.
On the other hand, there were also many poor transmission systems around the
country (I saw a number of them in my travels). You and I were fortunate to
have something good to work with. A lot depended upon where you were in the
AT&T distribution system and also the state of the studio and
relay/transmission equipment at the local affiliated TV stations.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Doug McDonald
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:29 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: PAL; 405 line pictures
>
>
> Dale Kelly wrote:
> > It's easy to
> >> forget that before satellite distribution in the 1970s, Americans
> >> seldom saw accurate color on their screens.
>
> It's also easy to forget that that was becasue, after about
> 1959 or 60, the TV sets, not the transmissions. I got a
> color TV in 1962. It gave beautiful colors and quite
> reliably so. You only had to tweek the hue control rarely.
>
> OF course, it was a Heathkit and was a no-holds-barred
> plenty of tubes design. It also had a correct, linear,
> color matrix. Many sets had matrices that very strongly
> rejected the Q axis (green-magenta) so everything was
> gray, blue, or orange. THIS was the main problem with
> US TV until well into the transistor era.
>
> Doug McDonald
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:
>
> - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration
> settings at FreeLists.org
>
> - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the
> word unsubscribe in the subject line.
>
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:
- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at
FreeLists.org
- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word
unsubscribe in the subject line.
Other related posts:
