tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post2005796418309743867..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Our (First) Regularly Scheduled ProgrammeYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-59755098990069800572017-06-14T20:51:53.117-07:002017-06-14T20:51:53.117-07:00No, Eric, I haven't. Thanks for letting me kno...No, Eric, I haven't. Thanks for letting me know about it.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-40860624113928180572017-06-14T16:24:24.842-07:002017-06-14T16:24:24.842-07:00Have you read a book called "Please Stand By:...Have you read a book called "Please Stand By: The Prehistory of Television?" Came out some years ago, but very detailed history of that exact time period in the medium.EOCostellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068413130915640819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-37889388651114719362017-06-14T14:31:59.400-07:002017-06-14T14:31:59.400-07:00TV likely would have come in sooner as a regular b...TV likely would have come in sooner as a regular broadcast medium were it not for the outbreak of World War II, which shut down consumer luxury item production.<br /><br />(It's also ironic today that while we think of the tininess of something broadcast on a 3-by-3 TV screen, millions of people think nothing of watching a show or other video on their 4-by-2 1/2 cell phone screens. A far higher scan rate and the phone's more aligned with current HDTV monitor aspect ratios 89 years down the line, but the overall size of the picture would fit in nicely with what the WGY techs were watching.)J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-30609432674638394172017-06-14T12:46:46.560-07:002017-06-14T12:46:46.560-07:00I have a fascination with the origins of televisio...I have a fascination with the origins of television - particularly that 20 year period from 1928 through 1948 when it was all so experimental. Thanks for this post. Jerry Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583701735372474498noreply@blogger.com