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Phonovision
Phonovision was a patented concept to create pre-recorded mechanically scanned television recordings on gramophone records.[1] Attempts at developing Phonovision were undertaken in the late 1920s in London by its inventor, Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird.[1] The objective was not simply to record video, but to record it synchronously, as Baird intended playback from an inexpensive playback device, which he called a 'Phonovisor'.[2][3] Baird stated that he had several records made of the sound of the vision signal but that the quality was poor.[4] Unlike Baird's other experiments (including stereoscopy, colour and infra-red night-vision), there is no evidence of him having demonstrated playback of pictures, though he did play back the sound of the vision signal to audiences.[5] Baird moved on leaving behind several discs in the hands of museums and favoured company members. Until 1982, this was the extent of knowledge regarding Phonovision.[6][7]
- ^ a b "Television Predicted". The Film Daily. Vol. XLI, no. 29. 4 August 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ J L Baird, British Patent GB 320,909, 1927
- ^ J L Baird, British Patent GB 324,909 October 1928
- ^ Baird, John Logie (2004). Television and Me (Revised ed.). Edinburgh, Great Britain: Mercat Press Ltd. pp. 64–65. ISBN 9781841830636.
- ^ Anon (8 October 1927). "Report: Demonstration at White Rock Pavilion". Hastings & St Leonard's Observer.
- ^ Abramson, A (1955). Electronic Motion Pictures. University of California Press.
- ^ Burns, R W (1986). British Television: The Formative Years. London, UK: IEE / Peter Peregrinus Ltd. ISBN 0863410790.
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