25-11-2016, 06:56 PM
I agree that the time of TV had arrived but the BBC and Reith in particular were distictly anti-TV. Without Baird's badgering would we really have had a HD service before WW2? Would EMI have pushed hard enough and early enough? Or perhaps one of the other companies? All this is of course unknowable.
What would have been more worrying if we were late to the TV party is the effect on radar. It has been clearly demosntrated by Miall and others that HMG didn't promote TV in order to hasten radar development. But it was very fortunate that we did have a TV industry as many of the technologies were vital for radar. We thus had not only the technologies but also the skilled engineers at the right time.
What would have been more worrying if we were late to the TV party is the effect on radar. It has been clearly demosntrated by Miall and others that HMG didn't promote TV in order to hasten radar development. But it was very fortunate that we did have a TV industry as many of the technologies were vital for radar. We thus had not only the technologies but also the skilled engineers at the right time.
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