Comments on: Flat Screen TV in 1958 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:28:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Las patentes retrasan la tecnología « Keep Walking http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-1067635 Las patentes retrasan la tecnología « Keep Walking Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:03:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-1067635 [...] Flat Screen TV in 1958 - Modern Mechanix [...] [...] Flat Screen TV in 1958 – Modern Mechanix [...]

]]> By: Adrian Gregg http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-1060947 Adrian Gregg Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:43:40 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-1060947 I have an article from a "radio and Hobbies" Mag from the same time (could be eriler) which shows a detailed Cutaway of the screen and loads of interesting details... Every couple of yeares from the late 40's in R&H there is a new flat screen idea I have an article from a “radio and Hobbies” Mag from the same time (could be eriler) which shows a detailed Cutaway of the screen and loads of interesting details… Every couple of yeares from the late 40’s in R&H there is a new flat screen idea

]]> By: techraptor http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-1056203 techraptor Sat, 31 May 2008 15:33:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-1056203 Damn he almost changed the history of man kind.Imagine if we had a flat TV. what if he had built a 3D display system.What happened to science these days that nothing new sounds interesting.He died in February,07.I feel sad...sad as a kid who couldn't get to see his superhero. Damn he almost changed the history of man kind.Imagine if we had a flat TV. what if he had built a 3D display system.What happened to science these days that nothing new sounds interesting.He died in February,07.I feel sad…sad as a kid who couldn’t get to see his superhero.

]]> By: La primera pantalla plana http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-1055175 La primera pantalla plana Mon, 19 May 2008 23:07:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-1055175 [...] Fuente (inglés): Modernmechanix [...] [...] Fuente (inglés): Modernmechanix [...]

]]> By: William Ross Aiken, flat panel tv pioneer collection on ebay http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-657076 William Ross Aiken, flat panel tv pioneer collection on ebay Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:25:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-657076 [...] April, inspired by a scan on Modern Mechanix, I wrote this post about William Ross Aiken, who designed a workable flat-panel TV in 1958. [...] [...] April, inspired by a scan on Modern Mechanix, I wrote this post about William Ross Aiken, who designed a workable flat-panel TV in 1958. [...]

]]> By: Bill http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-5328 Bill Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:27:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-5328 IEEE moved their oral history stuff. You can find the Aiken transcript here: http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/oral_history/oh_alph_menu.html IEEE moved their oral history stuff. You can find the Aiken transcript here: http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutu....._menu.html

]]> By: Richard Kirk http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 Richard Kirk Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:39:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-2907 These are real and they worked. The inventors Aitken and Gabor worked at Imperial College, London. The electron beam went in front of the display, and was directed onto the phosphor by charged lines under the phosphor. These lines were extended to a strip on the right of the display, so after writing a line of the image, the electron beam was then used to harge the strip, and so advance the beam to the next line. They were bright enough to be used as head-up displays in aircraft. A later development by RCA in the 1970's added colour - red and green phosphors were on either side of a thin membrane, and the blue was a few mm underneath. The Sinclair display was closer to a Sony fat tube display of the sort you can still find used for entryphone systems. The beam went in front of the screen but it wasn't as flat. These are real and they worked. The inventors Aitken and Gabor worked at Imperial College, London. The electron beam went in front of the display, and was directed onto the phosphor by charged lines under the phosphor. These lines were extended to a strip on the right of the display, so after writing a line of the image, the electron beam was then used to harge the strip, and so advance the beam to the next line. They were bright enough to be used as head-up displays in aircraft. A later development by RCA in the 1970’s added colour – red and green phosphors were on either side of a thin membrane, and the blue was a few mm underneath.

The Sinclair display was closer to a Sony fat tube display of the sort you can still find used for entryphone systems. The beam went in front of the screen but it wasn’t as flat.

]]> By: :: Eliax Blog - Para Mentes Curiosas... :: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 :: Eliax Blog - Para Mentes Curiosas... :: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:50:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-2169 <strong>El primer televisor "plano", en el 1958...</strong> Si le preguntas a alguien en qué año se inventaron los televisores totalmente planos (no tan solo su superficie, sino que el fondo del TV también), de seguro que te diría que a finales de los 1980 o inicios de los 1990, sin embargo, y como podrán ver e... El primer televisor “plano”, en el 1958…

Si le preguntas a alguien en qué año se inventaron los televisores totalmente planos (no tan solo su superficie, sino que el fondo del TV también), de seguro que te diría que a finales de los 1980 o inicios de los 1990, sin embargo, y como podrán ver e…

]]> By: TecnoCHICA http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 TecnoCHICA Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:19:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-2085 <strong>La primera televisión pantalla plana del mundo...</strong> Me resulta casi imposible creer que la primera televisión pantalla plana del mundo fue fabricada en 1958, me llama mucho la atención porque para esa época no se usaban transistores sino tubos de vacio. ¿Qué como sé estas cosas?. Uno de mis hob...... La primera televisión pantalla plana del mundo…

Me resulta casi imposible creer que la primera televisión pantalla plana del mundo fue fabricada en 1958, me llama mucho la atención porque para esa época no se usaban transistores sino tubos de vacio. ¿Qué como sé estas cosas?. Uno de mis hob……

]]> By: TechEBlog » Top 10 Strangest Gadgets of the Past http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-2043 TechEBlog » Top 10 Strangest Gadgets of the Past Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:50:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-2043 [...] [Source] [...] [...] [Source] [...]

]]> By: Modern Mechanix » Ad: Micro TV Breakthrough http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-1933 Modern Mechanix » Ad: Micro TV Breakthrough Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:54:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-1933 [...] In a comment on Flat Screen TV in 1958 MilanMerhar says: “Sinclair Radionics introduced its “Microvision TV1A pocket TV” in 1977 using the same side-scanning technology as described for the Aiken tube. [...] [...] In a comment on Flat Screen TV in 1958 MilanMerhar says: “Sinclair Radionics introduced its “Microvision TV1A pocket TV” in 1977 using the same side-scanning technology as described for the Aiken tube. [...]

]]> By: MilanMerhar http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-1931 MilanMerhar Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:51:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/09/flat-screen-tv-in-1958/#comment-1931 Sinclair Radionics introduced its "Microvision TV1A pocket TV" in 1977 using the same side-scanning technology as described for the Aiken tube. The major technical problem such designs have is severe geometric distortion, the compensation for which greatly complicated the analog scanning circuitry of the day. In fact, Sinclair claimed it had taken them over ten years to perfect that aspect of their design. Sinclair Radionics introduced its “Microvision TV1A pocket TV” in 1977 using the same side-scanning technology as described for the Aiken tube.

The major technical problem such designs have is severe geometric distortion, the compensation for which greatly complicated the analog scanning circuitry of the day. In fact, Sinclair claimed it had taken them over ten years to perfect that aspect of their design.

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