11-10-2016, 09:00 AM
It's always hard to know what's right at the time. The French took a jump too far with their ambitious 819 line system. The Americans got it badly wrong with CBS sequential color. We probably got it right by staying with 405 in 1946 but it's debatable. In 1936 405 was definitely a system designed with an eye to the future, by 1946 that was no longer certain. Philips had the world's first workable domestic video recording format (N1500) but it rapidly fell victim to VHS and Beta.
Interlace was a brilliant compression system at the time. Now it's only a hassle as it's hard to unpick it accurately.
Interlace was a brilliant compression system at the time. Now it's only a hassle as it's hard to unpick it accurately.
www.borinsky.co.uk Jeffrey Borinsky www.becg.tv
