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Old 12-10-2008, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by ceebee23 View Post
It seems from all the reports and the recreated/restored equipment that CBS's field sequential system was capable of excellent results...the real problem was its incompatibility with existing sets.

I am not sure how flexible it was in operation switching between cameras etc.

And of course it would have migrated to all electronic pretty quickly.
The CBS system also benefitted from careful staging of every demo. I have a copy of a CBS technical memo describing problems with a bright red sweater, developing a cyan halo due to overexposure of the image orthicon. The solution was to substitute a darker sweater.
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