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- In television: Compatible colour television
Compatible colour television represents electronic technology at its pinnacle of achievement, carefully balancing the needs of human perception with the need for technological efficiency. The transmission of colour images requires that extra information be added to the basic monochrome television signal, described…
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colour television systems
- In television: Colour television
…which would also be “compatible” with existing black-and-white receivers. In 1924, Harold McCreary designed such a system using cathode-ray tubes. He planned to use a separate cathode-ray camera to scan each of the three primary-colour components of a picture. He would then transmit the three signals simultaneously and use…
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