Comments on: BATTLEVISION http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/15/battlevision/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/15/battlevision/comment-page-1/#comment-128613 jayessell Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:40:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/15/battlevision/#comment-128613 a) Hitler had it in WWII, but used for monitoring Nazi Spies on missions in the USA. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Captainamerica1.jpg b) The General gets a 3x4 foot projecton display? I suppose. What is the tank guy looking at? Is that a 2 inch LCD? c) <i>And the TV camera itself is not limited to the ground. Airborne TV was used experimentally in pilotless planes during World War II and Westinghouse has experimented with Stratovision from a B-29 circling over Baltimore. Also, about three years ago, a New York station put on a terrific TV show from an airplane carrier off the Atlantic coast. How far can this idea go? Well, in any future war, it is certainly not unreasonable to expect direct telecasts to be relayed via land, surface ship or airplane stations to the domestic TV chains for nation-wide transmission.</i> I'd call this a successful prediction, with minor quibbles for not also predicting video recording and communication satelites. d) Wasn't there a reporter who was fined last year for swearing on air? "I'm broadcasting live from the war in" <b>WHOOSHBOOOOM!</b> " Holy SH@#!" a) Hitler had it in WWII, but used for monitoring Nazi Spies on missions in the USA.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.....erica1.jpg

b) The General gets a 3×4 foot projecton display? I suppose.
What is the tank guy looking at? Is that a 2 inch LCD?

c) And the TV camera itself is not limited to the ground. Airborne TV was used experimentally in pilotless planes during World War II and Westinghouse has experimented with Stratovision from a B-29 circling over Baltimore. Also, about three years ago, a New York station put on a terrific TV show from an airplane carrier off the Atlantic coast.

How far can this idea go? Well, in any future war, it is certainly not unreasonable to expect direct telecasts to be relayed via land, surface ship or airplane stations to the domestic TV chains for nation-wide transmission.

I’d call this a successful prediction, with minor quibbles for not also predicting video recording and communication satelites.

d) Wasn’t there a reporter who was fined last year for swearing on air?
“I’m broadcasting live from the war in”
WHOOSHBOOOOM!
” Holy SH@#!”

]]>