29-09-2015, 10:36 AM
Don is an excellent presenter. I first saw him present at an IEE meeting some years ago. I don't hink I have ever seen Powerpoint used so seamlessly or effectively. He gave his presentation about Baird's recordings quite a few times, incuuding at Harpenden. He sold and signed many copies of his book that day.
Baird's place in history is endlessly argued but I agree wih Brian. What Baird did more than anyone else in the UK (and possibly Europe) is promote television heavily even if it was others who reaped most of the rewards. There were plenty of other people working in the same field at the same time as Baird. Jenkins in the US and Mihaly in Hungary are 2 that come immediately to mind. In October 1927 the Bell System Technical Journal published a series of papers which clearly show that they understood many of the problems of TV and had successfully demonstrated low definition systems. This included a wonderful 50x50 neon lamp array scanned by a mechanical commutator.
Baird's place in history is endlessly argued but I agree wih Brian. What Baird did more than anyone else in the UK (and possibly Europe) is promote television heavily even if it was others who reaped most of the rewards. There were plenty of other people working in the same field at the same time as Baird. Jenkins in the US and Mihaly in Hungary are 2 that come immediately to mind. In October 1927 the Bell System Technical Journal published a series of papers which clearly show that they understood many of the problems of TV and had successfully demonstrated low definition systems. This included a wonderful 50x50 neon lamp array scanned by a mechanical commutator.
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