Comments on: THE TRUTH ABOUT TELEVISION http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:17:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/#comment-2362 jayessell Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:44:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/#comment-2362 PS: In the late 1930s or early 1940s British TV transmision was suspended, fearing the shortwave signals could be used as a beacon by enemy bombers. The transmitter was turned off partway into a Walt disney cartoon. After the war when transmissions resumed, they played the rest of that cartoon from where they left off. 10 points for style! PS:
In the late 1930s or early 1940s British TV transmision was suspended, fearing the shortwave signals could be used as a beacon by enemy bombers. The transmitter was turned off partway into a Walt disney cartoon.

After the war when transmissions resumed, they played the rest of that cartoon from where they left off.

10 points for style!

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/#comment-2361 Charlie Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:40:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/#comment-2361 That's pretty cool. I once saw an episode of that where the secret was "I was in the theatre when Lincoln was shot." That’s pretty cool. I once saw an episode of that where the secret was “I was in the theatre when Lincoln was shot.”

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/#comment-2359 jayessell Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:35:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/#comment-2359 The way I heard it, RCA was waiting for the Farnsworth patents to EXPIRE! One of the RCA brass suppossedly said "We don't pay royalties, we collect them!" In the 1950s, Mr. Farnsworth appeared on "I've Got a Secret". His secret: "I invented television!" The way I heard it, RCA was waiting for the Farnsworth patents to EXPIRE!

One of the RCA brass suppossedly said “We don’t pay royalties, we collect them!”

In the 1950s, Mr. Farnsworth appeared on “I’ve Got a Secret”. His secret: “I invented television!”

]]> By: Patrick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/#comment-851 Patrick Wed, 24 May 2006 16:17:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/23/the-truth-about-television/#comment-851 Terrific article, I work in the television industry and reading about the history of it is great! Plus the whole bit about "imposing in size, with a hinged top and numerous knobs and dials" gave me a chuckle. Oh, if they could only have foreseen what was to come in the ensuing decades... Terrific article, I work in the television industry and reading about the history of it is great! Plus the whole bit about “imposing in size, with a hinged top and numerous knobs and dials” gave me a chuckle. Oh, if they could only have foreseen what was to come in the ensuing decades…

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